Find out information about carer's allowance, who can claim and how much you can claim, who is eligible and what are the other benefits that can be taken care of a disability benefit. See Less

1. How to Claim Carer’s
Allowance
DNS Accountants

2. Carer’s Allowance (CA) may be a profit paid to people who are
caring for a disabled person for a minimum of thirty-five hours
a week.
You do not get to have paid any national insurance
contributions to qualify and you're attributable to category one
national insurance contributions whereas receiving it. it's
taxable.
Entitlement to CA exempts your home from the profit cap,
whether you live with the cared for the person or not.
Carer’s Allowance

3. Claims created before six April 2010 could still receive a rise
for a dependent partner (£36.90) however this may be
abolished in April 2020. Claims created before six April 2003
could still receive a rise for a dependent child (£8.00 and £11.35
for every subsequent child).
Current Rate
The Carer’s Allowance rate for 2017/18 is £62.70 a week

4. Carer’s Credit
If you're a carer, however, don't qualify for CA (perhaps as a result
of the person you take care of doesn't get a qualifying profit
otherwise you don't look after them for thirty-five hours a week),
you will be ready to qualify for carer’s social insurance credits.
These credits are on the market to individuals defrayal twenty
hours every week or a lot of caring for a severely disabled person.
the appliance pack for Carer’s Credit, from CC1, are often
obtained online from web.gov.uk/carers-credit/how-to-claim or
from the Carer’s Allowance Unit.

5. The amount received as Carer's Allowance by an individual may
be spent anyplace. though a private doesn't receive a payment
for Carer's Allowance because of profit rules; title to CA permits
a private to induce an additional quantity, stated as Carer's
Premium. Carer's premiums/additions may be else to or taken
into consideration for:
 Council tax support
 Housing Benefit in England, Wales, Scotland as well as
Northern Ireland
 Income Support
 Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
 Pension Credit
 Universal Credit
Carer’s Allowance Amount

7. How to Claim Carer’s Allowance
To claim you can:
 apply online
 complete a paper claim form
To apply you will need:
 your National Insurance number
 the date of birth and address of the person you care for
 your bank, building society or Post Office account details
You may need to give information about:
 a course if you are studying
 any employment including dates and how much you are, or
were paid

8. Eligibility for Carer’s Allowance
The person being taken care off should already be obtaining one
in all the below mentioned advantages, that include:
 Armed Forces Independence Payment
 Attendance Allowance
 Constant Attendance Allowance with an Industrial Injuries
Disablement Benefit
 Constant Attendance Allowance with a War Disablement
Pension
 Disability Living Allowance
 Personal Independence Payment

9. If you qualify for Carer's Allowance, you may also be entitled to:
 Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance
 Employment and Support Allowance (income related)
 Income Support
 Pension Credit
 Housing Benefit
 You can apply for these benefits or entitlements at the same time
as you claim Carer's Allowance.
Claiming Other Benefits and Entitlements

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