SAAS Bursary - Household Income, separate households

robsalvin

Hi, my girlfriend’s daughter is starting a year’s teacher training and has been granted a bursary. Her mum and I are getting married, however we will in the short term continue to have separate households (her daughter is moving out at the end of the course and her house will be put on the market). Her daughter is worried that will need to declare my income and will lose her bursary, but if we are maintaining separate households then that presumably won’t be the case?

silvercar

I would guess that a newly married couple claiming to maintain separate households will raise suspicion. 

Spendless

Is she starting in September? What tax years do they use?   https://www.gov.uk/support-child-or-partners-student-finance-application/current-year-income#:~:text=The%20previous%20tax%20year%20will,2019%20to%202020%20academic%20year 

robsalvin

Spendless said:

Is she starting in September? What tax years do they use?   https://www.gov.uk/support-child-or-partners-student-finance-application/current-year-income#:~:text=The%20previous%20tax%20year%20will,2019%20to%202020%20academic%20year 

Yes, September, but the tax year just relates to the period of income to count, not whether that income is deemed to be part of the relevant household?

Spendless

robsalvin said:

Spendless said:

Is she starting in September? What tax years do they use?   https://www.gov.uk/support-child-or-partners-student-finance-application/current-year-income#:~:text=The%20previous%20tax%20year%20will,2019%20to%202020%20academic%20year 

Yes, September, but the tax year just relates to the period of income to count, not whether that income is deemed to be part of the relevant household?

I'd have read it as if they're interested in the 18/19 tax year for calculating maintainance purposes then they're interested in the household income of where student lived during that year. You will probably need to contact them for clarification though.