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Housing benefit calculation query

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presario316
presario316 Posts: 8 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
Hi, can't seem to find an answer online. Is housing benefit calculated by your total income per month or your taxable eg at the the moment I bring home 900 after tax, but pay 70 into my pension and pay 45 into a company shares scheme. If I stopped the share scheme and take home pay went up, would I losesome of my housing benefit?

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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Do the housinng benefit people know you are paying into a share scheme... it is still earned income so they need to know about it
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • presario316
    presario316 Posts: 8 Forumite
    McKneff wrote: »
    Do the housinng benefit people know you are paying into a share scheme... it is still earned income so they need to know about it

    Well I send them my wage slips twice a year and it clearly shows these payments so I assume so
  • Afraid_of_Kittens
    Afraid_of_Kittens Posts: 342 Forumite
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    Payments to a share scheme are not an allowable deduction for Housing Benefit purposes. Only Tax, National Insurance Contributions and 50% of any pension contribution are deducted from your gross wage.
    I enjoy flower arranging, kittens, devil worship, the study of serial killers and their methods and road kill jigsaws.
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Better give them a ring... soon
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
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