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Royalties and JSA
TamsinC
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I will try to include as much info as possible. Please ask for clarification if needed.
My daughter has just finished university and her songwriting degree and is in the process of claiming JSA. However, all the time she has been at uni and now she continues to work on her songwriting; a couple of her songs are on Spotify and the royalties are now slowly beginning to roll in - a full £80 for September but this is for 'work' undertaken in March. She has spoken to the JSA phone line to ask what she does about effectively free lance work that pays out months and months later.
She hopes to make her career in music and this is what she is pursuing as well as applying for industry related jobs at the same time. She is aware she needs to look at many other types of jobs as well.
The JSA staff have no idea how to treat her claim. She can receive nothing one month (most months) and some little money the next, but as it is for 'work' undertaken months previously they don't know how to approach it. She has been advised to continue with her claim and 'see how it goes'. She is now going to be living with us at the age of 23 whilst she looks for job and can move out, as £57 a week doesn't get her anywhere she can live independently.
Does any one have any advice? Especially in the freelance aspect of her work? Should she still be claiming JSA? And if so how should it be treated by the job centre staff?
Many thanks in advance.
My daughter has just finished university and her songwriting degree and is in the process of claiming JSA. However, all the time she has been at uni and now she continues to work on her songwriting; a couple of her songs are on Spotify and the royalties are now slowly beginning to roll in - a full £80 for September but this is for 'work' undertaken in March. She has spoken to the JSA phone line to ask what she does about effectively free lance work that pays out months and months later.
She hopes to make her career in music and this is what she is pursuing as well as applying for industry related jobs at the same time. She is aware she needs to look at many other types of jobs as well.
The JSA staff have no idea how to treat her claim. She can receive nothing one month (most months) and some little money the next, but as it is for 'work' undertaken months previously they don't know how to approach it. She has been advised to continue with her claim and 'see how it goes'. She is now going to be living with us at the age of 23 whilst she looks for job and can move out, as £57 a week doesn't get her anywhere she can live independently.
Does any one have any advice? Especially in the freelance aspect of her work? Should she still be claiming JSA? And if so how should it be treated by the job centre staff?
Many thanks in advance.
“Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex
Wonderfully unfathomable, natural world” Tim Minchin
Wonderfully unfathomable, natural world” Tim Minchin
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The answer is in here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721773/dmgch27.pdf.
See para 27073 etc. but I confess I don’t understand it - I need more time to read it slowly!
Just to confirm - it is JSA she is claiming rather than UC? Treatment under UC may be different.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
Yes JSA at the moment - thanks for the link will give it a read and hope my Pooh bear brain can understand it.The answer is in here https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/721773/dmgch27.pdf.
See para 27073 etc. but I confess I don’t understand it - I need more time to read it slowly!
Just to confirm - it is JSA she is claiming rather than UC? Treatment under UC may be different.“Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex
Wonderfully unfathomable, natural world” Tim Minchin0 -
Ah well that's as clear as mud“Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex
Wonderfully unfathomable, natural world” Tim Minchin0 -
Here is my attempt at the calculation based on the example given.
Per the link above the payments are taken into account when received.
JSA £57.00
Disregard for single person £5
Total £62
Weeks 80/62 = 1 18.00 – 5 = 13
I week @62 and 1 week @13
First week when payment rec’d £62 – no JSA due- if already received then it is overpaid
Second week after payment JSA due of £57 – 13 = 44 If full payment already paid then it is £13 overpaid0
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