Change in marital status...what effects?

aster99 · 14-10-2010 12:29pm #1

Single person on dole. Gets married to person who is working, is the whole situation re-assessed at this point? means tested...etc?

gustafo · 14-10-2010 1:25pm

aster99 wrote: »

Single person on dole. Gets married to person who is working, is the whole situation re-assessed at this point? means tested...etc?

yes and if the OH has a good wage you must expect to get very little or no dole

Jarren · 14-10-2010 1:27pm

JB or JSA?

aster99 · 14-10-2010 2:29pm

JA. checking it out for a relation. One half earns gross €48,000 so would you think that means the other side will lose everything?

sue345 · 14-10-2010 3:05pm

Yeh the other half will more than likely get nothing or very little! Im not married but when I was living with my boyfriend we were judged as a married couple, my earnings at the time were in the early 30's and he was coming out with 28e per week and no hope of getting rent allowance etc....

ghosttown · 14-10-2010 3:07pm

But will the working half not get extra, as they can use the unemployed partners tax credits, therefore earning enough extra to make up for loss ?

aster99 · 14-10-2010 3:43pm

i don't know, but it sounds to me like they'd be better not getting married at all

gustafo · 14-10-2010 5:23pm

aster99 wrote: »

i don't know, but it sounds to me like they'd be better not getting married at all

marriage doesn't really make a difference, when they are living together(co-habiting) thats when the rules kick in

sue345 · 14-10-2010 5:54pm

ghosttown wrote: »

But will the working half not get extra, as they can use the unemployed partners tax credits, therefore earning enough extra to make up for loss ?

Yeh they would get their PAYE tax credit and their standard rate cut off point would increase if thats the way they wanna work it, more often than not it doesnt work out that beneficial to them both cause it would prob actually work out a few hundreds euros or so a month compared to a full social welfare payment each week for the spouse.....

monkeypants · 17-10-2010 3:32pm

I thought you could only transfer tax credits if you were married.

sue345 · 18-10-2010 3:24am

You can only transfer their personal tax credit and then what every they want of their standard rate cut off point (STCOP) once they talk to revenue.....the revenue will advise...once they are married....

co-habiting is judged the same but not for tax purposes....

Change in marital status...what effects?

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