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Employment Support Allowance question

  • Ariene
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12 years 5 months ago #69070 by Ariene
I have applied for NI Contribution ESA as I have been found unable to work and receive 2 small occupational pensions paid due to ill health and found unable to work.

I have been told I can claim this, and that the pension income is taken into accountwhen calculating how much I will be paid and that on top of that the amount I will be paid is subject to Tax. is this correct.

Silly question but very basic for me as I have had to fumble around in the dark since my disability has rendered me unable to work.

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12 years 5 months ago - 12 years 5 months ago #69073 by pete17971
Replied by pete17971 on topic Re:Employment Support Allowance question
Ariene wrote:

I have applied for NI Contribution ESA as I have been found unable to work and receive 2 small occupational pensions paid due to ill health and found unable to work.

I have been told I can claim this, and that the pension income is taken into accountwhen calculating how much I will be paid and that on top of that the amount I will be paid is subject to Tax. is this correct.

Silly question but very basic for me as I have had to fumble around in the dark since my disability has rendered me unable to work.


Hi,

Whilst we cannot give individual advice, nor taxation advice, generally one can claim Contributory ESA and receive an Occupational Pension (or more than one). However if the pensions together add up to over £85 per week, then deductions will be made to ones ESA at a rate of 50p per pound pension over £85 in order to offset the pension. Hence the more pension one receives, the less ESA one gets.

Edit to add, some Incapacity Benefit claimants may have rights from a number of years ago when such pensions were not taken into consideration.

Pete
Last edit: 12 years 5 months ago by pete17971. Reason: add edit

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12 years 5 months ago #69091 by Ariene
Replied by Ariene on topic Re:Employment Support Allowance question
thanks ... answer was what I was looking for, I can sort my individual stuff out, providing I know which way to turn

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12 years 5 months ago #69095 by lester
Replied by lester on topic Re:Employment Support Allowance question
What are these rights? I did not start to receive my pension untill 13th October 2001, will these rights have any baring on me?

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12 years 5 months ago #69103 by Gordon
Replied by Gordon on topic Re:Employment Support Allowance question
lester wrote:

What are these rights? I did not start to receive my pension untill 13th October 2001, will these rights have any baring on me?

The easiest way to explain it is, if your pension is currently disregarded under IB, then it will continue to be under ESA, whilst you maintain the claim for ESA(CB) or until 2020, whichever is later.

If your pension income is not disregarded under IB then it will not be disregarded under ESA.

Gordon

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12 years 5 months ago #69158 by lester
Replied by lester on topic Re:Employment Support Allowance question
but what dates are applicable?

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