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Can Someone In Full Time Employment Claim 'carer's Allowance'
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You can only earn £100 a week or they take reduce your carers allowance by £1 for every extra £1 you earn so if you work full time it is pointless claiming it.
10:01 Sat 22nd Nov 2014
Corby I get carers allowance and I was told that after the earnings limit they deduct the same amount as the extra from the allowance. It was £100 a week when I started to get it must have gone up by £2. I work for an agency so I have to make sure I earn under the limit. Often turn down work to be sure I do not earn too much.
It was a DWP case worker who told me earnings over the limit would be deducted £ for £, her exact words were '' no point earning more , we will take it straight off you'' Is that wrong?
It was a DWP case worker who told me earnings over the limit would be deducted £ for £, her exact words were '' no point earning more , we will take it straight off you'' Is that wrong?
EDDIE, the advice you were given is incorrect. From the government website,
"You might be able to get Carer’s Allowance if all of the following apply:
you’re 16 or over
you spend at least 35 hours a week caring for someone
have been in England, Scotland or Wales for at least 2 of the last 3 years
you normally live in England, Scotland or Wales, or you live abroad as a member of the armed forces
you’re not in full time education or studying for more than 21 hours a week
you earn less than £102 a week (after taxes, care costs while you’re at work and 50% of what you pay into your pension)"
The earnings can be averaged in some circumstances, for example if there are irregular payments but if the earnings exceed £102 after allowable deductions, the allowance is not payable.
"You might be able to get Carer’s Allowance if all of the following apply:
you’re 16 or over
you spend at least 35 hours a week caring for someone
have been in England, Scotland or Wales for at least 2 of the last 3 years
you normally live in England, Scotland or Wales, or you live abroad as a member of the armed forces
you’re not in full time education or studying for more than 21 hours a week
you earn less than £102 a week (after taxes, care costs while you’re at work and 50% of what you pay into your pension)"
The earnings can be averaged in some circumstances, for example if there are irregular payments but if the earnings exceed £102 after allowable deductions, the allowance is not payable.
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