The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992

Calculation of income on a weekly basis

13.—(1) Subject to regulation 18 (disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc), for the purposes of section 131(5) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (conditions of entitlement to council tax benefit) the income of a claimant shall be calculated on a weekly basis—

(a) by estimating the amount which is likely to be his average weekly income over the benefit period in accordance with this Chapter and Chapters III to V of this Part and Part V; and

(b) by adding to that amount the weekly income calculated under regulation 37 (calculation of tariff income from capital).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “income” includes capital treated as income under regulation 25 (capital treated as income) and income which a claimant is treated as possessing under regulation 26 (notional income).