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Silverbird65

I do. I am had a long I'll was spanning 50yrs so am not in good health. I am very sorry that you as a couple have faced such bad news 

Silverbird65

That comment meant to read I have long illness spanning 50yrs.

badmemory

unholyangel said:

I might be misunderstanding your meaning, but a common mistake people make with tax & state pension is assuming they are taxed on the payments they actually receive in a year. State pension works on accrual rather than receipt. Although tbh, on receipt would just knock the income into a different year (either earlier or later), rather than remove it entirely from taxation.

You are not misunderstanding, this is exactly what I meant.  There is the odd year when the first accrued payment at the increased rate is the actual first payment of the year.  This makes the DWPs figures correct.  That is unless there are actually 53 payment days in the year, when on DWP figures you get a whole week untaxed.  I am considering waiting for my executors to sort it all out!  Joke folks I would not forgive myself if I left them dealing with that sort of problem, much easier for me to sort!