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Hi anon3 -

You should include in income

• Wages
• Certain benefits
• Pensions (state, work or private without guarantee credit)
• Rent from anyone living with you and other properties that you own
• Payments from relatives
• Maintenance payments, e.g from an ex-spouse
• Income from selling goods publicly or privately including over the internet
• Student maintenance loans, grants or bursaries (except for tuition fee loans)

What benefits not to include in your monthly income

• Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)
• Attendance Allowance
• Back to Work Bonus
• Bereavement Allowance
• Budgeting Advances paid under Universal Credit
• Budgeting Loan
• Carer’s Allowance
• Carer Element of Universal Credit
• Childcare Element of Working Tax Credit
• Childcare Element of Universal Credit
• Cold Weather Payment
• Constant Attendance Allowance
• Direct payments made under Community Care
• Services for Carer and, Children’s Services
• Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• Disabled and Severely Disabled elements of Child Tax Credit
• Disabled and Severely Disabled Child elements of, Working Tax Credit, Disabled and Severely Disabled Child elements of Universal Credit,Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance
• Financial support under an agreement for the foster care of a child
• Funeral Payment
• Housing Benefit
• Housing Credit Element of Pension Credit
• Housing Element of Universal Credit
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
• Independent Living Fund payments
• Limited Capability for Work Element of Universal Credit
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Any pension paid under the Naval, Military and Air forces etc (Disablement and Death) service Pension Order 2006
• Severe Disablement Allowance
• Short Term Benefit Advances (STBAs)
• Universal Credit Advances
• Widowed Parent’s Allowance

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