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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by crooked-v on Friday February 21, 2020 @12:04AM (#22381059)
It's not 63%, it's a reduction of £0.63 in benefits (not in your total income) for each extra dollar you earn in income over the cutoff level.

This prevents situations where it's better to stay under a cutoff of X in income until you can jump straight to an income of X income + Y in benefits, while staying on benefits until then.

Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by johnday on Saturday February 22, 2020 @10:10AM (#22391367)
Surely if benefits are part of your income, a £0.63 reduction in your benefits is a £0.63 reduction in your total income (up until the benefits are zero)? In other words, an effective tax rate of 63% on earnings while you receive a nonzero amount of benefits?