Maternity Leave/Universal Credit/Child Benefit/Council Tax?

poppy12345

4 weekly isn't monthly because there's more than 4 weeks in a month. The monthly amount will be £747.41. Your employer will report your earnings (SMP) to HMRC anyway and UC will know how much you receive.

Also bear in mind that SMP for the first 6 weeks you'll receive 90% of your average weekly earnings. For the next 33 weeks it's £172.48/week or 90% of your average weekly earnings, which ever is lower. See link. https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave/pay

dawnmorris

We rent our home from my grandparents. The question with the green next to it, are they classed as a close relative yes or no?

Thanks for looking at my post.

dawnmorris

poppy12345 said:

4 weekly isn't monthly because there's more than 4 weeks in a month. The monthly amount will be £747.41. Your employer will report your earnings (SMP) to HMRC anyway and UC will know how much you receive.

Also bear in mind that SMP for the first 6 weeks you'll receive 90% of your average weekly earnings. For the next 33 weeks it's £172.48/week or 90% of your average weekly earnings, which ever is lower. See link. https://www.gov.uk/maternity-pay-leave/pay

Thanks again for replying back.

In an earlier post someone replied saying we will be worse off financial unless I switch to being the main carer or something, is this the case and how do we go about switching who is the main carer anyhow? I think when we first signed up to UC for that question who is the main carar for your child, I am pretty sure we selected neither instead of choosing either of us and that was fine.

Rubyroobs

dawnmorris said:

We rent our home from my grandparents. The question with the green next to it, are they classed as a close relative yes or no?

Thanks for looking at my post.

I would say a grandparent is a close relative. Do you have a proper tenancy agremeent with them ?

dawnmorris

Rubyroobs said:

dawnmorris said:

We rent our home from my grandparents. The question with the green next to it, are they classed as a close relative yes or no?

Thanks for looking at my post.

I would say a grandparent is a close relative. Do you have a proper tenancy agremeent with them ?

Thanks for replying back.

We have a proper tenancy agreement with them, all above board and Universal Credit know too. You are legally allowed to rent from grandparents as long as they do not live in the property with you and you have a tenancy agreement.

poppy12345

dawnmorris said:

Rubyroobs said:

dawnmorris said:

We rent our home from my grandparents. The question with the green next to it, are they classed as a close relative yes or no?

Thanks for looking at my post.

I would say a grandparent is a close relative. Do you have a proper tenancy agremeent with them ?

Thanks for replying back.

We have a proper tenancy agreement with them, all above board and Universal Credit know too. You are legally allowed to rent from grandparents as long as they do not live in the property with you and you have a tenancy agreement.

If you're already claiming for help with the rent then i don't understand why you asked that question.

dawnmorris

poppy12345 said:

dawnmorris said:

Rubyroobs said:

dawnmorris said:

We rent our home from my grandparents. The question with the green next to it, are they classed as a close relative yes or no?

Thanks for looking at my post.

I would say a grandparent is a close relative. Do you have a proper tenancy agremeent with them ?

Thanks for replying back.

We have a proper tenancy agreement with them, all above board and Universal Credit know too. You are legally allowed to rent from grandparents as long as they do not live in the property with you and you have a tenancy agreement.

If you're already claiming for help with the rent then i don't understand why you asked that question.

Thanks for replying back.

I asked the question as this is for council tax support.

Why don’t they on this link below class grandparents as a close relative?

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/benefit-support-for-housing-costs-when-renting-from-relatives/ 

poppy12345

dawnmorris said:

poppy12345 said:

dawnmorris said:

Rubyroobs said:

dawnmorris said:

We rent our home from my grandparents. The question with the green next to it, are they classed as a close relative yes or no?

Thanks for looking at my post.

I would say a grandparent is a close relative. Do you have a proper tenancy agremeent with them ?

Thanks for replying back.

We have a proper tenancy agreement with them, all above board and Universal Credit know too. You are legally allowed to rent from grandparents as long as they do not live in the property with you and you have a tenancy agreement.

If you're already claiming for help with the rent then i don't understand why you asked that question.

Thanks for replying back.

I asked the question as this is for council tax support.

Why don’t they on this link below class grandparents as a close relative?

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/benefit-support-for-housing-costs-when-renting-from-relatives/ 

That's a link for help with rent through housing benefit or UC housing element and nothing to do with council tax reduction.

Spoonie_Turtle

Have you clicked yes to see if it opens up another sub-question?

If it doesn't do that, I would check your local council's website.  The couple I've seen seem to conflate Housing Benefit and CTS on the same page (I guess maybe it's one form for both?) and they specify living with a close relative.  See if they actually tell you on their website who they class as a close relative.

Otherwise, you might have to click yes just in case, but presumably the next questions ask for the exact makeup of the household - which will not include the owners of where you live.

Looking at the sidebar, there might also be room in the 'any other information' section to tell them that you rent from grandparents but in a commercial basis.

You might just have to go through the form but not to the point of submitting until you've seen all of what they ask for.

huckster

It is correct that under UC 2013 act grandparents are not included in definition of 'close relative'.  This is shown within the acts introduction definitions section. So under schedule 2 part 2 the grandparent landlords are not close relatives.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/part/1

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/schedule/2