Non Dep deductions

tenant has a non dependant with a child and has earnings of £104.00 per week’ she also has WTC and CTC, this has been taken into account in full.

I can’t see anything in cpag book to dispute this figure and ask that they reduce the non dep charge taking into account wages only. .

Page 62 of the Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2015/16 contains the rule for the amount of non-dependent deductions. Note that it is “gross income” that dictates the income band, and then description of “gross income” at the bottom of the page states that this “includes wages before tax and NI are deducted, plus any other income the non-dependent has” with a list subsequently containing what’s excluded from this (mainly key disability benefits).

So I’m not sure that there is an argument for payments of tax credits to be excluded I’m afraid.

thanks Paul,
I’m afraid that’s how I read it also..

I also read that if a single parent under 25 non dep charge should only be normal rate. ?

Non-dependants aged less than 25 who are lone parents
5.659 If the non-dependant is a lone parent the deduction is the same as for non-dependants aged
less than 25, see Non-dependant aged less than 25 earlier in this chapter. A lone parent aged
less than 25 receiving main phase ESA(IR) will attract a deduction but their counterparts getting
IS would not.

All that means is that a lone parent is treated in the same way as a single non-dependant: if they are under 25 and getting a DWP means tested benefit other than main phase ESA there is no deduction.  But if a lone parent non-dependant is in remunerative work there is a deduction calculated in exactly the same way as for any working non-dep - sliding scale based on earnings and other income apart from the limited list of disregarded items referred to above by Paul.