IS20 - A guide to Income Support

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Income and capital

  Definition of income and capital

  Income

  The period your income covers

  Your family’s income

  If you are working for an employer

  If you are self-employed

  Disregards

  Social security pensions and benefits

  Maintenance payments

  Child Maintenance Bonus/Child Maintenance Premium

  Earnings and earnings disregards

  Special types of income

  Capital

  Normal rules

  People who live in care homes

  Capital held by a dependant

  Personal possessions

  Houses and land

  Savings and investments

  Income treated as capital

  Notional resources

  Notional income

  Notional capital

Other social security benefits you may get

  Pension Credit

  If you or your partner are over 60

  The Social Fund

  Tax Credits

  Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit

  Healthy Start

  National Health Service charges

  More information

  Assisted prison visits scheme

  Other benefits

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