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Backdated benefit and capital
My client has had a few large sums of backdated benefit. £500 in April, £6k in July and £3k today. I’m aware these amounts will be discounted for a year but do we have to report the amounts of capital on the year anniversary of each payment so that they can assess how much capital is to be counted?
I have advised him not to go mad and spend capital unwisely due to deprivation of capital rules but am wondering if capital is not counted for a year whether the rules about deprivation apply for backdated amounts during the year they aren’t counted?
[ Edited: 2 Nov 2017 at 12:36 pm by unhindered by talent ]