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Partner's income affect Incapacit Benefit?
Kesstriana
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Basically, what the title says, lol. Would my partner's income affect my entitlement to IB? Also, I've read one can work up to 16 hours a week on IB and earn up to £88.50 (or some other similar strange figure). Does that get taken out of your benefit like it does if you're earning money whilst on JSA or income support, or can you keep it over and above your IB?
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No your partners Income does not affect your Incapacity Benefit. Earnings from Permitted Work which you can do on IB are paid on top of the IB, it does not reduce it.0
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The only way your partner's income could affect your benefits is if you were also receiving Income Support to top up the IB. By your partner working, you would lose that.
Also, depending on the amount of hours your partner is working, if your partner received a carers allowance for looking after you, this could also be lost.
Then there are working tax credits (if you're a couple with no kids) your Incapacity Benefit is classed as an offical income, so if betwen you and your partner you earn less than £16000 (I think) then you could be entitled to WTC.
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If you (yourself, not your partner) received an Occupational Pension of over £85 a week, your IB would be reduced by 50p in every £1 over that amount.
No other income affects IB itself, but may affect any associated Income Support as detailed above.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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I/B isnt a means tested benefit,but it is dependant on having paid the full N.I. contributions in the appropiate previous years0
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I/B isnt a means tested benefit,but it is dependant on having paid the full N.I. contributions in the appropiate previous years
Actually, on speaking to the DWP there are youth rules that apply as I've never made NI contributions, being too young. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone else was reading this thread and got the mistaken impression they weren't entitled to IB.
Thank you folks, that's just what I was hoping to hear!Saving for a house deposit.
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