Information for Pension Age Residents
What income is used to calculate support?
If you or your partner receives Pension Credit Guarantee Credit, this is the only income the Council considers.
If you or your partner receives Pension Credit Savings Credit the Council will work out your Council Tax Support based on the Assessed Income figure and amount of your Savings Credit provided by the Pensions Service.
If you do not receive either type of Pension Credit you must tell the Council about all the income you and your partner receive so that your Council Tax Support can be calculated. This includes any pensions (state, occupational or private), any income from investments, earnings or benefits.
Some forms of income are disregarded in the calculation:
- Disability Living Allowance
- Attendance Allowance
- Personal Independence Payments
- Child Benefit
- Child Maintenance
- War Disablement Pension
- War Widows Pension
- Adoption Allowance
- Fostering Allowance
- Special Guardianship Allowance
- Permitted Earnings (i.e. earnings allowed by the Job Centre Plus for people receiving certain sickness benefits)
- Charitable or voluntary payments