Benefits review of self-employed income
Report a change in your self-employed earnings
If you get Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support, and you are self-employed, you need to keep us informed about the amount of income you receive.
You need to fill in this online form if:
- We have sent you a letter about reviewing your self-employed income
- It has been 12 months since you last provided your self-employed accounts and:
- you have updated accounts
- There have been significant changes to your self-employed income since the last time you provided your accounts
What counts as a significant change?
This could be:
- increases or decreases in hours
- increases or decreases to your profits or losses
- Increases or decreases to your expenditure or income
- a change to your business such as opening a business in another location, or changing the type of the business
You can either upload your audited accounts or complete the self –employed review form
Upload your audited accounts
Upload your audited accounts using the Upload my documents form.
Self-employed review form
Complete the self-employed revuew form
Before you start, you will need:
- your Claim Reference Number – you will find this on the recent letter we sent you or any Housing Benefit notifications you have received.
- full details of your self –employed income and expenditure
- details of any private pensions you pay into
Once you have completed the form, we might ask you to provide evidence in relation to your self-employed earnings.