Do I have to tell the council what I earn every week?

marliepanda

Dellington wrote: »

That seems a bit over the top and very impractical to have to tell them what I'm earning from week to week. Like I say they've never asked me to do this before.

If its OTT and impractical, end your claim.

They 'haven't asked before' because you haven't told them you are working extra. I doubt 100% they said 'give us an average of the next 5 weeks and we'll use that forever, regardless of how much you earn in the future.'

TELLIT01

It will only be necessary to inform the council every week if income changes every week. If pay is the same every week the council only needs to be informed at the start. If pay goes up say £20 one week and back to the 'normal' figure the next, they need to be told of the increase, and the return to the normal figure.

Dellington

TELLIT01 wrote: »

It will only be necessary to inform the council every week if income changes every week. If pay is the same every week the council only needs to be informed at the start. If pay goes up say £20 one week and back to the 'normal' figure the next, they need to be told of the increase, and the return to the normal figure.

What if the job is on a self employed basis? I thought you just had to give them an estimate of earnings (profit) over the next 13 weeks, then they assess it based on that, then at the end of those 13 weeks they look at what you actually earned and then make adjustments if necessary (i.e. pay more if they didn't pay enough or ask for a repayment if they paid too much). Then they do that again for the next 26 weeks, and so on.

TELLIT01

Dellington wrote: »

What if the job is on a self employed basis? I thought you just had to give them an estimate of earnings (profit) over the next 13 weeks, then they assess it based on that, then at the end of those 13 weeks they look at what you actually earned and then make adjustments if necessary (i.e. pay more if they didn't pay enough or ask for a repayment if they paid too much). Then they do that again for the next 26 weeks, and so on.

You need to speak to your local council to see exactly what they want. All we can do is give general opinion based on experience. Part of the concern people have raised is down to the fact that you implied earlier that you have never updated income information with the council on previous claims.

[Deleted User]

marliepanda wrote: »

If its OTT and impractical, end your claim.

Exactly what I was going to post.

Alice_Holt

marliepanda wrote: »

If its OTT and impractical, end your claim.'

Quite.

If the OP chooses to claim benefits then he should be aware of his responsibilities, which include notification of income changes.

If he isn't willing to fulfil his side of the contract because it's "impractical", then the simplest solution is to close his claim.

Trying to game the system will result in an overpayment and potentially a fraud investigation.