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Do I need to declare a £1000 ppi payment?
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Kris35
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I'm on universal credit.
Thankyou.
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Only if it takes you above the £6k savings threshold"You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "1
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Thanks a lot.0
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Hello. I'm in a similar situation having received a payout of £800 from Barclays. I knew about the £6000 savings thing, but I also thought the 'interest' part of the compensation needed to be declared as it is considered income?
Have tried looking for info on GOV website but no joy.
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As an aside to the question you may be able to claim back the tax on the interest, google form R40"You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "0
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Tudor01 said:Hello. I'm in a similar situation having received a payout of £800 from Barclays. I knew about the £6000 savings thing, but I also thought the 'interest' part of the compensation needed to be declared as it is considered income?
Have tried looking for info on GOV website but no joy.
Thanks
Like you I haven’t found anything on gov.uk.
Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
calcotti saidAccording to this https://www.litrg.org.uk/latest-news/news/180502-had-ppi-claim-and-low-income-if-so-read for UC the whole payment (including the interest element) is treated as capital. See very end of the article.
Like you I haven’t found anything on gov.uk.
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sammyjammy said:As an aside to the question you may be able to claim back the tax on the interest, google form R400
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Tudor01 said:calcotti saidAccording to this https://www.litrg.org.uk/latest-news/news/180502-had-ppi-claim-and-low-income-if-so-read for UC the whole payment (including the interest element) is treated as capital. See very end of the article.
Like you I haven’t found anything on gov.uk.
Many thanks again.0 -
Tudor01 said:calcotti saidAccording to this https://www.litrg.org.uk/latest-news/news/180502-had-ppi-claim-and-low-income-if-so-read for UC the whole payment (including the interest element) is treated as capital. See very end of the article.
Like you I haven’t found anything on gov.uk.
Do be aware that they don't always give the correct advice.
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Update:
I put a message on my journal informing them that I had received a ppi compensation payout, and would this be considered income on UC? I was then asked to give the amount I received and the date I received it, so I did this.
I was then told that the amount would be deducted from my UC award for this assessment period, but my award would return to normal on the next assessment period.
I questioned whether the whole amount should be considered or just the interest. The response was "The entire amount would be considered as income under Universal Credit rules."
So, to summarize, it seems PPI payouts are deducted £1 for £1 from Universal Credit entitlement... which for me means zero award this AP.
Hope this helps others.0
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