anyone point me in the right direction

poppyscorner

Hi again all,

I posted earlier re my sister I am looking for a link to a site that shows how much you are reasonably allowed to spend on things like rent food etc for a single person I have visited the site before and it was through a link I found here but now true to form I cant find it have done a search but cant find it anyone know what I am talking about ?

TIA Poppy x

poppyscorner

Sorry meant to add the info is used by companies setting up DMP and they call them trigger figures

ebsay2000

I'd like to know too........if anyone knows?

fermi

poppyscorner wrote: »

Hi again all,

I posted earlier re my sister I am looking for a link to a site that shows how much you are reasonably allowed to spend on things like rent food etc for a single person I have visited the site before and it was through a link I found here but now true to form I cant find it have done a search but cant find it anyone know what I am talking about ?

TIA Poppy x

Hi poppyscorner.

You may be thinking of this:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dmbmanual/DMBM800120.htm

which details the levels of personal and family expenditure above which 'HMRC Collections' considers these to be unreasonable or questionable.

Discretionary expenditure

Discretionary expenditure represents levels of spending for which no explanation is needed from the customer. This is a concept that will be familiar to the majority of direct tax staff who have been involved in time to pay issues. It is acknowledged that these figures will not be considered in the majority of indirect tax cases, but there will be cases where they may need to be used, for example in small or de-registered trader cases.

The trigger figures are detailed in the table below. They represent what research by the Office for National Statistics shows to be average monthly spending in each category and are used throughout the banking and credit industry. The figures are regularly updated.

The table doesn't copy/paste well so visit the link to view it.

poppyscorner

Yes thanks Fermi thats exactly what I was looking for much appreciated.

Poppy