Take Home Pay

Squirrel85

marcia_ said:

£1532.95  as your statement says 

The reason im confused is that we did a HC1 application for help with health costs. Just so i could be 100% sure we had to pay. They came back to me saying i was already eligible for help because i qualified under UC because my take home pay was under 935. I even phoned them up and they insisted the 4 UC statements i had sent qualified me and two people had checked. So i figured I must be looking at the wrong take home pay section. I have asked them to reassess because I think its clerical error. 

Squirrel85

marcia_ said:

£1532.95  as your statement says 

Actually the statement isn't clear to me as there's two take home pay sections. I thought it was the bigger number as its the only answer that makes sense as Take Home Pay.

The reason im confused and questioning this is that i assumed, like everyone here, that we earned too much to qualify. However we were getting prescriptions frre while on tax credits so we did a HC1 application for help with health costs. Just so i could be 100% sure we had to pay. They came back to me saying i was already eligible for help because i qualified under UC because my take home pay was under 935. I even phoned them up and they insisted the 4 UC statements i had sent qualified me and two people had checked. So i figured I must be looking at the wrong take home pay section. So i wanted to check i wasn't looking at the wrong number. I have asked them to reassess because I think its clerical error. 

Squirrel85

peteuk said:

The two figures are easily explained. 

Your wage is £1532.95
They allow £673.00 before deductions start
Deduction £472.97

£1532.95 - £673.00= £859.95 

The deduction from your UC is at 55p per pound, but because of the £673.00 it is only applied to the £859.95.  Which works out at £472.97 deducted from your overall UC award. 

Thank you. Your maths is significantly better than mine. Id like to say i understand now but... 🤣

marcia_

Squirrel85 said:

peteuk said:

The two figures are easily explained. 

Your wage is £1532.95
They allow £673.00 before deductions start
Deduction £472.97

£1532.95 - £673.00= £859.95 

The deduction from your UC is at 55p per pound, but because of the £673.00 it is only applied to the £859.95.  Which works out at £472.97 deducted from your overall UC award. 

Thank you. Your maths is significantly better than mine. Id like to say i understand now but... 🤣

  Although your take home pay is shown in the uc statement you will know each month as you report your earnings 

Spoonie_Turtle

Squirrel85 said:

peteuk said:

The two figures are easily explained. 

Your wage is £1532.95
They allow £673.00 before deductions start
Deduction £472.97

£1532.95 - £673.00= £859.95 

The deduction from your UC is at 55p per pound, but because of the £673.00 it is only applied to the £859.95.  Which works out at £472.97 deducted from your overall UC award. 

Thank you. Your maths is significantly better than mine. Id like to say i understand now but... 🤣

The difference is, one of those is what you've earned (the £1523), and the other is the deduction they take from your UC (the £427).

HOWEVER.

Have you been claiming for more than 12 months?  If so, what is the actual figure you've had when declaring your income and expenses?

I wonder if the £1500 is the minimim income floor and you've actually earned less than that, earning under the health costs threshold.

If you're not sure then it might help if we could see more of the statement, not just the two figures you've shown us.