Hypothetical question
janer1967
Community member Posts: 21,922 Championing
Hi all
Hoping someone can answer me this query after debates with a friend
Someone on uc as single person with child element, housing element and lcwra , living in housing association property
If a partner was to move in I know it would go to joint claim and about work allowance and such
But what would happen if the partner was a high earner say 100k per year is there a cut off where there is no entitlement to uc .
Don't all shout at me I know if someone earns this amount you wouldn't expect them to be claiming any benefits
I just really wanted to know if there is a earnings limit as such that stops a uc claim I presume there is or if not everyone would claim
Hoping someone can answer me this query after debates with a friend
Someone on uc as single person with child element, housing element and lcwra , living in housing association property
If a partner was to move in I know it would go to joint claim and about work allowance and such
But what would happen if the partner was a high earner say 100k per year is there a cut off where there is no entitlement to uc .
Don't all shout at me I know if someone earns this amount you wouldn't expect them to be claiming any benefits
I just really wanted to know if there is a earnings limit as such that stops a uc claim I presume there is or if not everyone would claim
0
Comments
-
Yes, there's an earnings limit because UC is a means tested benefit. What a persons earnings limit is would depend on what their maximum UC entitlement is. It's also not annual income, it's earnings received during your assessment period.
0 -
Thanks poppy
I did manage to find an answer eventually it said any earnings over 2.5k in the assessment period so would calculate to around 30k per year which makes perfect sense0 -
janer1967 said:..I did manage to find an answer eventually it said any earnings over 2.5k ..
The nil UC income threshold will be very different for a single healthy claimant with no housing costs as against, say, a couple with numerous children, some of whom are disabled with one of the adults getting LCWRA and the other entitled to carer element.
More information here
https://ucnotes.co.uk/universal-credit-home-page/the-coronavirus/earnings-limit/
Th page is a bit out of date but shows the wide variance that will occur (without me having to work it out!)0 -
Thanks both of you fully understand now0
Categories
- All Categories
- 13.6K Start here and say hello!
- 6.7K Coffee lounge
- 51 Games den
- 1.6K People power
- 32 Community noticeboard
- 20.9K Talk about life
- 4.8K Everyday life
- 2.2K Families and carers
- 796 Education and skills
- 1.7K Work
- 384 Money and bills
- 3.2K Housing and independent living
- 806 Transport and travel
- 627 Relationships
- 1.2K Mental health and wellbeing
- 2.3K Talk about your impairment
- 835 Rare, invisible, and undiagnosed conditions
- 886 Neurological impairments and pain
- 1.8K Cerebral Palsy Network
- 1.1K Autism and neurodiversity
- 33.6K Talk about your benefits
- 5.4K Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- 17.9K PIP, DLA, and AA
- 5.6K Universal Credit (UC)
- 4.7K Benefits and income