Disabled Working Tax Credits

alison74

I am disabled, but am planning to get back to work (yay) and have been trawling through the info on DWTCs I may be entitled to.

Can anyone tell me if there is an earning threshhold on disabled WTC ? I will be earning over 15,000, but don't know how much. This is not as much as I would be earning if I was fully able bodied.

I get DLA care & mobility.

Also, do I get the basic element, the disabled element and what about the 30 hour element ?

it is all so confusing, so any help would be gratefully accepted.

Thank you

Ted_Hutchinson

WTC2 WTC2 Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit - A Guide
May 2005

alison74

I have read this information, but am still no further foward if disabled tax credit has an earnings threshold as the table only shows examples for WTC.

Ted_Hutchinson

From April 2003, Working Families' Tax Credit and Disabled Person's Tax Credit was replaced by two new tax credits, Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. So the Disabled credit is a part of a WTC claim.
If you read example 7 you will see how it is calculated.

irs101

There's no threshold as such, but there are some common sets of circumstances under which you can say what a person is likely to get.

If you are single and eligible for the disabled worked element, you are likely to get some WTC up to an income of £16,300. If you are eligible for the severely disabled element, you could get some help up to £24,100.

If you are a couple and one of you is eligible for the disabled worked element, you are likely to get some WTC up to a joint income of £20,600. If you are eligible for the severely disabled element, you could get some help up to £28,400.

These are the points where the award tapers to zero. For each £100 your income is under these amounts, you'll receive an extra £37 of WTC.

There are other combinations, depending on whether you have children, are aged over 50 etc. You can try it out for yourself at www.entitledto.co.uk.

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