Working hours question

Rich83

Hello,

Quick question as I really can't seem to get an answer on this online..

My partner works on average at least 20 hours a week and I work at least 35 hours a week as self employed. Can we get working tax credit??? We don't have any disabilities or children.

Thanks,

HappyMJ

Rich83 wrote: »

Hello,

Quick question as I really can't seem to get an answer on this online..

My partner works on average at least 20 hours a week and I work at least 35 hours a week as self employed. Can we get working tax credit??? We don't have any disabilities or children.

Thanks,

Possibly. Depends on the business. If it's running at a loss then you could get WTC's assuming you don't earn a huge amount.

Rich83

Thanks for the advice.

We're both over 25 and total household income is around the £10k mark as we both study full-time. I was more interested to know if we would be entitled to anything if I work around 35 hours a week and my partner works just over 20 on average?

ohreally

Rich83 wrote: »

We're both over 25 and total household income is around the £10k mark

Rich83 wrote: »

I work at least 35 hours a week as self employed.

What do you actually do as working over 35 hrs pw for this level of income is not sustainable.

Rich83

Well my line of work is in internet marketing and I'm also in a partnership.

Based on the guidelines of claiming WTC, much of my work that I do involves setting up income streams that take time to develop and are obviously not like a traditional job, so to speak..

As said in my previous post, I do study full time (less than 20 hours a week), although spend all of my other time working in my line of work. I do also have substantial costs for software that reduces my profit which is the reason for my low income