Exemptions
Work
You may be able to get CA if you earn no more than the lower earnings limit for National Insurance (NI) contributions (£84 a week from April 2006) after the deduction of allowable expenses [Legislation (15)].
Earnings include:
- overtime
- fees
- commission
- profits
- regular tips
- bonuses
- any other payment in cash or in kind from employment or self-employment.
Allowable expenses include:
- tax
- some NI contributions
- half the contributions to an occupational or personal pension scheme
- all or part of the cost of childminding fees or the cost of looking after the disabled person while you are at work.
Education
You will not get CA if [Legislation (16)]:
- you are on a course of full-time education
- or you are on holiday from a course of full-time education.
By full-time education we mean 21 hours or more of supervised study each week (not including breaks, mealtimes or unsupervised private study).