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  • Please could you quote for a accurate report on "the legal boundaries" for accepting "incapacity benefit".The reason I ask, is that, if I were to receive a regular income from external activities ,that do not require obvious work for example gambling. Would I be contravening my "benefit status".By income ,I mean 250 to 350 a month tax free.What I am looking for are cases.The DHSS do say ,"any work up to sixteen hours" a week must be


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  • This page happears to have information for you. Scroll about 2/3 of the way down to: "Working while claiming benefit" AND "Permitted work" http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/WorkingAgeBenefits/Dev_008025.xml.html


  • Good answer.I am still looking for cases of breach "Incapacity" conditions.


  • It seems that there is also the question whether gambling is ?work?. For most people it is not, for a few it is a way of living. Interestingly, this site indicates that income from gambling is NOT taxable :) http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/n6w/index/life/tax/tax-exempt_and_taxable_income.htm (scroll down to fourth from last item under ?other income which is exempt?) Of course, this is not the last word from Inland Revenue on tax, but if gambling income is not taxed, it would seem that that you would not be ?working? within the terms of the site Cynthia posted (and there would be no control between government departments).







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