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Housing Benefit whilst abroad; (no wages).
Client currently on JSA and PiP.
Starting work and will be able to claim HB for low income. He has a holiday abroad booked and his employer has agreed to honour this but no wages will be paid.
He doesn’t know if he is better to claim HB now and not claim tax credits or claim tax credits which will nil his HB claim.
Can he make a fresh claim HB when out of the country as the only income would be pip and WTC ?.,, or even claim when he returns…he is abroad for 4 weeks and backdating maybe a problem..
Holiday has been paid for when tenant was previously in employment
I have advised him of the options and await his decision ...
[ Edited: 20 Jan 2017 at 02:52 pm by gw ]