Treatment of income

When a client (or their partner) is receiving Jobseeker Support and declares any income you need to:

• determine the source and the amount of income
• the family circumstances of the client
• check the client still qualifies for the and meets the job search requirements
• check the client's income is below the Jobseeker Support cut-out point
• check the period over which to charge income
• check the client is still entitled to receive family tax credit and Best Start tax credit
• review the rate of payment, see Income test and Income change
• review any Extra help Effect of income on Extra help
• check any Exemption for severe disablement

For information on how to charge specific types of income for example, Accident Compensation Payments, see: Types of income

When a client (or their partner) advises that they have commenced employment, you will need to find out more specific information about their employment see: Changes and reviews Employment

Where a benefit is stopped (suspended or expired) and the client has declared income for a period where no benefit has been paid, you need to determine the client's entitlement to benefit first and then charge the income accordingly.

For more information see

• Processing standards Income and asset details [no link find out why]