Income taken into account for Working Tax Credit

A question about : Income taken into account for Working Tax Credit

Hello there everybody

I have a customer that I am advising on potential Working Tax Credit. She lives as a single person with her adult son. Her son pays her board money.

Can anyone tell me if the board money is taken into account as income for a Working Tax Credit claim.

Thank you

Best answers:

• No it won't be.
• https://www.gov.uk/working-tax-credit/eligibility
  The son is living in the family home and paying his contribution to household expenses - I do not see how this can be regarded as mother's income?