{"id":372711,"date":"2026-01-16T05:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372711\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:43:24","slug":"state-pensioners-having-17-wiped-from-accounts-each-month-under-new-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372711\/","title":{"rendered":"State pensioners having \u00a317 wiped from accounts each month under new rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some pensioners will notice changes to their usual payments\"DWP<\/p>\n

DWP set to hand state pensioners who are in couples \u00a3865 bonus in 2026 (Image: )<\/p>\n

Certain state pensioners will have cash deducted from payments this year under new rules.<\/p>\n

Those affected should be aware of the new arrangements so they aren’t caught by surprise when payments are lower than expected.<\/p>\n

It relates to those who received Winter Fuel Payments before Christmas<\/a> but did not qualify for the support.<\/p>\n

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These were people with incomes above \u00a335,000.<\/p>\n

Winter Fuel Payments were worth either \u00a3200 or \u00a3300 depending on age and money was initially paid out to everyone.<\/p>\n

HMRC has now set out details of how the money will be clawed back from these households.<\/p>\n

For under-80s who get \u00a3200 payments, HMRC will be deducting \u00a317 a month.<\/p>\n

This will happen automatically though tax codes, unless people already file self-assessments.<\/p>\n

New Winter Payment rules have been introduced for 2025\/26.<\/p>\n

The payment was previously universal for all pensioners but it’s now based on income.<\/p>\n

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The Government said: “If your total income is over \u00a335,000, you\u2019ll need to pay back the payment.<\/p>\n

“HMRC will automatically collect the payment through your tax code unless you already file self-assessment tax returns.<\/p>\n

“This means we\u2019ll change your tax code for the 2026 to 2027 tax year. For a typical payment of \u00a3200, we\u2019ll deduct approximately \u00a317 per month.<\/p>\n

“In the 2027 to 2028 tax year, we\u2019ll deduct approximately \u00a333 per month for a typical payment of \u00a3200.<\/p>\n

“This is because we\u2019ll be collecting your payments from 2026 and 2027. It will then return to approximately \u00a317 per month for the 2028 to 2029 tax year.<\/p>\n

“If you file your self-assessment tax return online each year, HMRC will automatically include the payment on your 2025 to 2026 tax return as part of your income.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some pensioners will notice changes to their usual payments DWP set to hand state pensioners who are in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,2215,4176,2218,5107,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-372711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-dwp","tag-finance","tag-hmrc","tag-pension","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}