Disability allowance and wife's full time job

dinamit875

Hello everyone. I have been searching forum for answer but couldn't find anything same with SW website, im just too stupid to understand. Well the story is, Im on disability and my wife is registered as qualified spouse + my little son, total we are getting €312.80/week.
€188.00
€124.80
€29.60
My wife is starting new full time job next week 40hours, thank God, I am just wondering what will happen with the payment? How do they calculate and deduct €€€ from DA or do they just stop my wife's payment or what? Does anyone similar situation or maybe can help me here? Please. Thanks.

Geuze

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/means_test_for_social_welfare_payments/means_test.html

DA means test

Geuze

Income from spouse's, civil partner's or cohabitant's work

If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant works it can affect your Disability Allowance.

Your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's weekly earnings (from employment, including rehabilitiative employment) are assessed as follows:

Weekly earnings are gross earnings less PRSI, superannuation (pension payments) and union dues.

€20 per day (up to a maximum of €60) from work is deducted from your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's average weekly earnings and then 60% of the balance is assessed as weekly means. The weekly means is then deducted from the combined total of your personal rate of Disability Allowance and the maximum Increase for a Qualified Adult and any Increases for Qualified Children (if applicable). This formula does not apply to income from self-employment (all income from self-employment is assessed and there are no disregards).

If you were getting Disability Allowance before 26 September 2007 and you were still in payment on 26 September 2007, your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's earnings will be assessed under the new means assessment to find out whether you are better off. If you would get a greater amount of Disability Allowance on the previous assessment then you will continue to be assessed using the previous method of calculating means from employment.

If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's means have changed, for any reason, since 26 September 2007, you cannot apply the previous method of calculating means from employment.

dinamit875

Thanks for the post. Lets say shes getting 350€ per week after tax for 5 days. That means that they will take 20€ of her salary each day? Or how is it calculated? I need an example or something for better understanding.

Geuze

First of all, don't use the after tax wage.

Please read the post #3.

You use the gross earnings less PRSI, superannuation (pension payments) and union dues.

Then deduct 20 per day, but max 60 per week from that figure.

Then get 60% of that figure to determine the means.

Geuze

Example

39h week @ 12 euro per hour = 468 gross

No pension conts, no trade union dues assumed.

PRSI is 4%, = 18.72 per week.

Wages less PRSI = 449.28

Less 60 euro = 389.28.

60% of that is 233.57.

That is the weekly means.

Geuze

You were getting 188.00 + 124.80 + 29.60 = 342.40.

Now you take 233.57 off that, leaving 108.83.

dinamit875

Thanks again You have explained better than anyone in Citizens Information. Now I understand it perfectly.Cheers

dinamit875

My wife just started new job. We are waiting for her payslip to post it to DA department. I know that they will be taking some money off. But my wife told me maybe it would better to take her off DA. My question is will they still be taking money from my allowance or not because she is working.

infogiver

dinamit875 wrote: »

My wife just started new job. We are waiting for her payslip to post it to DA department. I know that they will be taking some money off. But my wife told me maybe it would better to take her off DA. My question is will they still be taking money from my allowance or not because she is working.

It's not a case of you taking her off your claim. It doesn't work like that.
They will look at her gross wage, deduct €20 per day (for 3 days only) then calculate 60% of that figure and they will deduct it from your current DA.

dinamit875

Will they still deduct it even if she will not be receiving any money from them?

infogiver

dinamit875 wrote: »

Will they still deduct it even if she will not be receiving any money from them?

Yes. Based on the figures you gave above, your new DA payment will be approximately €110