Applying for credits only ESA - problem filling online form

I am applying for my son who is receipt of PIP for credits only ESA with a view to migrating to UC at some point in the future. He makes about £5000 p/a buying and selling on eBay with our assistance.

When filling the form you get to a point where it asks about income but this only applies to a person getting a regular amount. This does not fit what my son is doing. I called CAB who advised rung up Job Centre Plus to get a paper form to fill in as she said you can add notes on this which you can't do online but she seemed a bit vague.

Is this something I should do?

Do I have to inform DWP that my son is doing this kind of 'work' since his health hasn't changed since the award and he can only do it with our help.

Many thanks

Hi David
No, I abandoned it - I will have to start again. I don't know how to pause it to come back to

This is the page we're having difficulty on - where it says:

Earnings
How often are you paid by vintagezenit?

Daily

Weekly

Every 2 weeks

Every 4 weeks

Monthly

Quarterly

Every 6 months

Annually
How much was your last payment from vintagezenit?
This is the exact amount that was paid into your bank account.

He isn't 'paid' since he buys and sells on ebay. At the end of a year he will have made 5000 profit probably. So how to fill in this page?

And then a few pages on they ask when you want to claim ESA from - do I put in today's date? And then it asks - what's the date you want to claim until - do I say, I don't know?

Then a few pages later it asks for bank details - but we're not applying for any income just credits. So do I still put in bank details?

It's all rather confusing.

We're concerned that putting in a credits only ESA claim will start DWP sniffing around what our son is doing since he's on PIP. We're not hiding anything - he is still very ill and actually iller than his PIP award made out since he gets the lower daily care but needs a LOT more care than that (we just didn't have the heart to appeal). But we don't want to cause our son any more stress since he is still quite young (19) and just about coping with being disabled long-term. I wonder if the DWP will start to question his PIP if he is now 'working' on his own little business?

Thanks so much for any help/advice

Thanks David

Yes, HMRC have been informed and we are doing his tax return though no tax of course to be paid.

Glad I don't need to inform PIP - he's far iller than they have assessed him anyway.

Thanks again for your help - very much appreciated!.