Quick question
I'm divorced and I pay my ex wife maintenance, my current partner recently lost her job and had to submit various documents for means test for social welfare.
I have a court order for maintenance and she submitted a copy of this order as well as my wage slips, the person she was dealing with told her that they didn't count maintenance paid only my gross wages are taken into account . Is this true ?
They told her they didn't think she would be entitled to anything as my wages are too high, my gross pay is about €710 after tax, prsi, usc etc that comes down to around €570 and after maintenance we have around €270,
How is maintenance dealt with for means tests? I have searched and the only mention of it I can find are in relation to the person receiving maintenance, and it is classed as income, surely they can't count it as income for me as well ?
Thanks for any help.
I'm divorced and I pay my ex wife maintenance, my current partner recently lost her job and had to submit various documents for means test for social welfare.
I have a court order for maintenance and she submitted a copy of this order as well as my wage slips, the person she was dealing with told her that they didn't count maintenance paid only my gross wages are taken into account . Is this true ?
They told her they didn't think she would be entitled to anything as my wages are too high, my gross pay is about €710 after tax, prsi, usc etc that comes down to around €570 and after maintenance we have around €270,
How is maintenance dealt with for means tests? I have searched and the only mention of it I can find are in relation to the person receiving maintenance, and it is classed as income, surely they can't count it as income for me as well ?
Thanks for any help.