housing and council tax benefit new law sgo r/o

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juseas
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housing and council tax benefit new law sgo r/o

Post by juseas » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:21 pm

it appears that income from r/o or sgo is to be disregarded in the calculating of housing and council tax benefit see attached dwp memo
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/a19-2010.pdf
this should help claimants see paragraph 27

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David Roth
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Re: housing and council tax benefit new law sgo r/o

Post by David Roth » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:38 am

Thank you for providing this link, juseas. It will be very helpful for anybody with an RO or SGO who is claiming housing benefit or council tax benefit. The rules for both of these benefits are incredibly complex, and I'm not sure all of the officers who implement them are always fully up to date with them, so it might be very helpful if you can point out exactly where it says your benefits are now exempt in the calculation.

This was incidentally inserted into last year's budget as the result of lobbying by FRG and other organisations in the Kinship Care Alliance. We are part of a group of tax and benefits experts who are lobbying the government around the whole issue of the effects the changes to the benefits system will have on family and friends carers.

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