UC - Made a mistake declaring bank balance. Will they realise?

flathandsem
flathandsem Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited June 20 in Universal Credit (UC)

will UC realise that I made a mistake declareing bank balance and there system will know . I’m on pip and lwrca . I don’t work . I’m a bit over 6000 . I don’t think pip counts income

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,221 Online Community Team

    Hi @flathandsem and welcome to the community. I would recommend contacting them via your journal to explain your mistake. They may then deduct £4.35 for every £250 you were above the £6,000 from your next payment.

    It's always best to be upfront as they may pick up any discrepancies in a review.

  • rbz
    rbz Community Member Posts: 176 Empowering
    edited June 21

    PIP is not counted as income for Universal Credit purposes. However, any unspent PIP money is treated as capital. Therefore, you must declare all money held in your bank accounts.

    You can update your capital at any time through your online Universal Credit account.

  • martinezXgonzales
    martinezXgonzales Community Member Posts: 61 Contributor

    be truthful - one of the many dangers of everything being on file sadly….

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 3,138 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/147152/uc-made-a-mistake-declaring-bank-balance-will-they-realise

    As long as you're not on more than £16K they won't care.

    I don't think you need to worry.

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