UC AET / Carers Element

spaniel101

I'm in receipt of WTC/CTC & CA   (yet to be migrated onto UC in the near future when I will ask for CA to be closed as a seperate payment albeit continuing with my caring duties).   

Although my current income takes me over what would be the AET, Im planning on increasing my contracted hours at work (WFH) next April all being well, over the near term and I will be purchasing Additional (nhs) Pension, likely taking my taxable below the AET.   

Can the AET be safely ignored (as @ today!), all the while I am a Carer in receipt of Carers Element ?  

calcotti

AET will not impact you if you get the carer element because you have no work requirements.

Alice_Holt

Watch out for the earnings limit on CA. 

https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility

Will your increased earnings take you above (and so make you ineligible for CA) ?

The carers element of UC (once you move across) has no earnings limit.   

spaniel101

Thank you calcotti & Alice_Holt, much appreciated.   

Currently I pay 100% part-time salaried earnings into a SIPP for a number of years and I still have childcare costs.  Both disregarded for Carers Allowance  (SIPP 50%, childcare costs up to half of remaining earnings) brings me under their threshold. 
As you say, I won't need to keep my eye on this threshold once in receipt of soley Carer's Element.   I'll then just have to steel myself for the SIPP contribution 'argument' but the additional pension (needed) directly from monthly salary will help with this, at least for a short while.