TCTM02433 - Entitlement: WTC entitlement - Qualifying remunerative work: Carers

The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 2002, Reg. 4(2)(b)

If a person is employed by

• a health authority
• a local authority
• a charitable or voluntary organisation

and the only income they receive from that employment is covered by the Rent a Room scheme, they should not be treated as being in qualifying remunerative work.

Note: It is largely respite carers who look after people for a short time to give other carers a break, who are likely to be within the Rent a Room scheme.