Assessed Income Periods
An Assessed Income Period (AIP) is a period when someone receiving Pension Credit doesn’t have to advise the Social Security Agency about any changes to their Pension, Savings and Investments. Your Pension Credit award letter tells you if you have one. AIPs changed on 6 April 2016.
Change from 6 April 2016
From 6 April 2016, no new AIPs will be set.
If you already have an AIP that is due to end between 6 April 2016 and 31 March 2019, it will end – either on the date on your Pension Credit award letter or earlier, if your household circumstances change, for example if you move into a care home.
If you already have an AIP that is due to end on or after 1 April 2019 it will end earlier and will not be renewed. The Department for Communities will send you a letter telling you the new end date six months beforehand, or you can find the new date in the table below.
If you are aged over 75 and have an AIP with no end date, it will stay in place until your household circumstances change.
When your AIP ends you will need to tell the Northern Ireland Pension Centre about any change to your circumstances, including your pensions.
New end dates for Assessed Income Periods
| Original end date between | New end date |
|---|---|
| 1 to 14 May 2020 | 14 January 2018 |
| 15 to 31 May 2020 | 28 January 2018 |
| 1 to 14 June 2020 | 14 March 2018 |
| 15 to 30 June 2020 | 28 March 2018 |
| 1 to 14 July 2020 | 14 April 2018 |
| 15 to 31 July 2020 | 28 April 2018 |
| 1 to 14 August 2020 | 14 June 2018 |
| 15 to 31 August 2020 | 28 June 2018 |
| 1 to 14 September 2020 | 14 July 2018 |
| 15 to 30 September 2020 | 28 July 2018 |
| 1 to 14 October 2020 | 14 August 2018 |
| 15 to 31 October 2020 | 28 August 2018 |
| 1 to 14 November 2020 | 14 October 2018 |
| 15 to 30 November 2020 | 28 October 2018 |
| 1 to 14 December 2020 | 14 November 2018 |
| 15 to 31 December 2020 | 28 November 2018 |
| 1 to 14 January 2021 | 14 January 2019 |
| 15 to 31 January 2021 | 28 January 2019 |
| 1 to 14 February 2021 | 14 February 2019 |
| 15 to 28 February 2021 | 28 February 2019 |
| 1 to 14 March 2021 | 14 March 2019 |
| 15 March to 5 April 2021 | 28 March 2019 |