PART 6Assessment of household income and capital
CHAPTER 2Calculation of weekly income
Calculation of income on a weekly basis (applicants with an award of universal credit)I142
1
This regulation and regulation 43 apply where the applicant or the applicant’s partner has, or the partners jointly have, an award of universal credit.
2
For the purposes of regulation 13(6) or regulation 14(5) (conditions of entitlement to council tax reduction) the income of an applicant is to be calculated on a weekly basis—
a
b
by adding to that amount the weekly unearned income calculated in accordance with this Chapter and Chapter 4 of this Part, and
c
by then deducting any relevant childcare charges calculated in accordance with regulation 78(3), or in a case where the conditions in paragraph (3) are met, from that sum plus whichever credit specified in paragraph (3)(b) is appropriate, up to a maximum deduction.
3
The conditions referred to in paragraph (2)(c) are that—
a
the applicant’s average weekly earned income is less than the lower of the relevant child care charges or whichever of the deductions specified in paragraph (b) otherwise applies, and
b
the applicant or, if the applicant is a member of a couple, either the applicant or the other member of the couple, is in receipt of working tax credit or child tax credit.
4
The maximum deduction to which paragraph (2)(c) refers is—
a
where the applicant’s family includes only one child in respect of whom relevant childcare charges are paid, F3£275.00 per week, and
b
where the applicant’s family includes more than one child in respect of whom relevant childcare charges are paid, F4£471.00 per week.