above the EAT UC claim

kaMelo

stu12345_2 said:

I am confident, and I use govi gateway, just winding it they cone down hard on folk that make a mistake with their adding,
surely it's the job if the DWP to add up.

It is always the responsibility of a claimant to report accurate information.

poppy12345

stu12345_2 said:

surely it's the job if the DWP to add up.

No, it's your responsibility to do that because it's you that's claiming UC. 

Spoonie_Turtle

It is DWP's responsibility to add up current earnings information they receive for your and your wife via RTI from HMRC. 

For information you are giving them - i.e. about previous earnings, in this case - it is your responsibility to make sure it's accurate.

bkali013

Hi All,

I would like to ask for a bit of help regarding AET. 

Can someone please let me know how the AET is calculated by the UC rules? I would specifically like to know whether any private pension contributions (SIPP) paid during the assessment period are reducing the AET amount or not (by private pension contributions, I mean relief at source contributions).

I tried to find more information about the rules governing AET, but I could not find too much.

According to some sources, Regulation 90 can be applicable, but I am not sure, as it does not specifically mention the word AET.

Thank you for the help.

Yamor

The AET (as relevant for the light-touch regime) is legislated for in Reg. 99(6).
Reg. 99(6) refers to "monthly earnings", which, per Reg. 2, has the meaning given in Reg. 90(6).
Reg. 90(6) states that "monthly earnings" refers to earnings before deducting any pension contributions.

However, the AET as relevant for the ending of transitional protection does not have such a rule, and the relevant earnings would be those after deductions for pension contributions.