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Disabled
Person's Tax Credit
Disabled Person's
Tax Credit (DPTC) is a tax credit payable to people with an illness or
disability who are in work. It
- has replaced
Disability Working Allowance
- includes the
Fast Track Gateway to help those who become disabled while working to
keep their job and
- is administered
by the Inland Revenue
Eligibility
To be eligible for DPTC you have to:
- work at least 16
hours a week
- be resident in
the UK
- be entitled to
work in the UK
- have savings of
£16,000 or less
- be receiving
Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, War Disability
Pensions, Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or an invalid
carriage or other vehicle provided under the Invalid Vehicle scheme
- have been
receiving or have received in the last 26 weeks, Incapacity Benefit,
Severe Disablement Allowance, Income Support which includes a
Disability Premium or a Higher Pensioner Premium, Jobseeker's Allowance
- income based - which includes a Disability Premium or a Higher
Pensioner premium, or Housing Benefit which includes a Disability
Premium or a Higher Pensioner Premium.
You may also be
able to get DTPC if you are applying through DPTC Fast-Track.
For further information please read the Inland Revenue or Department
for Work and Pensions information about DPTC below. |
