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chrissy070
                              

Welfare Rights Officer, New Beginnings, Anfield, Liverpool
Member since
01st Aug 2008

Council Tax and I/S
Fri 01-Aug-08 03:58 PM

Hello All

New to here met client today,has recently split up from husband she is in receipt of Incap at £169 per fornight and DLA h/r mob and middle rate care have advised her to claim I/Sand CTB her husband is paying her £700 per month to cover mortgage and additional loan secured on property my question is how will this money be treated when calculating
entitlement to both benefits ?

  

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ariadne2
                              

Welfare lawyer and social policy collator, Basingstoke CAB
Member since
13th Mar 2007

RE: Council Tax and I/S
Fri 01-Aug-08 06:32 PM

Whose liability are the mortgage and loan? If they are joint owners, you can certainly argue that he is only paying to meet his own liability and not to give her income.

  

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