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At the tattom of page 9 on tlm income schedule thara is a provision for racording
the gross wage/salary according to the last pay slip,% if consulted. This figure
should not ba your addition of the net pay and deductions. (This information can
then be=osn checked againmt the gross ynu arri w at when checking pay detaila on
the checking schedule) . Gross pay should be total gross pay before any deductions.
Uaternity pay: if last pay wam Naternity Pay or Statutory M4tarnity Pay this
should be ignored end last full pay entered. See nOteS for Q56(c) and (d).
Nota that if the informnt hae tm jobs with the same ●mployer and the pay for both
jobs in received together, an estimate of the separate amounts (net/groaa) should
be obtained.
Where, for pernonal reamona, an informant is not willing to orally & mlge
information cm pay, they •ho~d h asked to fill in ● pink nalf caruplation sheet
with your guidance au necessary. lhis infornmtion should then ba transcribed on to
the income schedule.
Date last paid and period pay cornred Q.1O & 12
Note that if details of anticipated pay are giu?n then code ‘1‘ at Q1O rmst be
ringed.
Where the difference between date of interview and date last paid ia longer than
the pay period given at this question, girn reason. Eg Informant who is weekly
paid is interviewed on 6/5/S8. They nt.ata that thay wero last paid on 16/4/S 8 ie
o%er two reeks Eefora interview. The reason glvan for this ia, that when lant paid
on 16/4/8S they were paid three weeks money to co-r their holiday period and
therefore they were not paid on 23/4/SS or 30/4/88.
Last net vagm or salary recei wd Q. 11
Amount at this question must include OVERTIME, BONUS, CCNU42SSION AND TIPS.
If tips are recei-d separately, note this fact and the amount recei-d.
From April 19S6, auployers ha= been paying the first twenty-eight weeks’ sick
benefit in any tax year. lhis banefit is not pay and is known aa Statutory Sick
~ and detaila ●hould not be entered at Q.11-15 (see Qs 25, 53 c 54).
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Refund of tax Q. 13
A refund of tu indtcatem that the pay at Q’a 11-17 is not USUal pay.
Tax paymant Q. 14
If no tax 18 paid thera will be a rmamon, eg tha earninq are too low to pky tax,
or a refund ham been recaiwsd. The informant may not know the reason so do not
proba too deeply.
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