Your GROSS Salary should be used to calculate ur earnings points.. and if ur PF amount is included in ur gross you are fine.. no seperate document is required to be attached..
as UKjobaspirer mentioned.. make sure ur NET amoutn matches exactly with the NET deposited in ur bank..
Pleaes read the HO GUIDANCE Page 22 of 44 Paragraph 117-122. for more details of what can be and can not be included.. in earnings..
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... 310309.pdf
Earnings we will include in the assessment
We will include previous earnings from:117.
salaried employment; or•
self-employed activities.•
An applicant’s overall total earnings 118. can include those from several sources of work, including a combination of salaried employment and self-employed activities.
Earnings do not need to have been 119. with a single employer.
Earnings can be considered from 120. full-time, part-time, temporary and short-term work.
Earnings may include, among other 121. things:
salaries (includes full-time, part-time, and • bonuses);
earnings from self-employment;•
earnings from business activities;•
statutory maternity pay and contractual • maternity pay;
allowances (such as accommodation, • schooling or car allowances) that form part of an applicant’s remuneration package;
dividends paid by a company in which • the applicant is active in the day-to-day management, or where the applicant receives the dividend as part or all of his/her remuneration package;
income from property rental, where this • forms part of the applicant’s business; and
payment in lieu of notice (a payment made • instead of requiring an employee to work the normal period of notice when leaving a job).
Unearned sources of income that we 122. will not consider as previous earnings include:
expenses (such as accommodation, • schooling or car allowances) that reimburse the applicant for money he/she has previously spent;
dividends, unless paid by a company in • which the applicant is active in the day-to-day management, or unless the applicant receives the dividend as part or all of his/her remuneration package;
income from property rental, unless this • forms part of the applicant’s business;
interest on savings and investments;•
funds that were inherited;•
Tier 1 (General) Policy Guidance page 23 of 44
money paid to the applicant as a pension;•
expenses where the payment reimburses • the applicant for money he/she has previously spent;
redundancy payment;•
sponsorship for periods of study;•
state benefits; or•
prize money or competition winnings, other • than where they are directly related to the applicant’s main profession or occupation