Last payment of ESA-paid day short or not?

anotherquestion

Hi there folks,

Just started state pension, previous to this I received ESA Contribution based. ESA was usually paid  into my bank account on a Friday, my 66 birthday was following Thursday,  I had to ring them up and tell them I was now of pension age, as I had received no notification whatsoever, good job I did as my ESA was still open, and I didn't want to receive both and have to pay it all back later.

I have claimed State pension and that seems ok.

Anyway they have done a faster payment for five days of ESA from the last full payment day a Friday to my 66 birthday which fell on a Thursday the following week, a payment amount equal to five days.

1 Just wondering if it should be six days taking that Friday into consideration and if so should I contact them to get it paid.

2 Although ESA is showing on my HMRC online personal tax account
 and I have option to remove it or not, should I tell the ESA to make sure that they inform HMRC to do it, as to be honest I don't trust them to automatically inform HMRC , and I don't want HMRC to tax me on both ESA amount + State pension for remainder of current tax year.

Thanks so much for any advice.

poppy12345

I don't know how the payment cycles work but i do know that your ESA would have ended the day before your 66th birthday because it can't be paid once you reach that age.

Robbie64

It would be 5 days of ESA to be paid. ESA is paid in arrears up to your payday so with a Friday payday you are paid for benefit weeks running Saturday to Friday. If you turned 66 on a Thursday ESA would be payable from the previous Saturday to the Wednesday, which is 5 days.

anotherquestion

Thanks that clears all that up, much appreciated, now here's hoping they do tell HMRC about ESA ending, and state pension beginning, as I don't fancy paying tax on both ESA and State pension if HMRC are made none the wiser.