The phrase "allowance helped" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the positive impact or assistance provided by an allowance, typically in a financial or budgeting context.
Example: "The allowance helped me manage my expenses better and save for larger purchases."
Alternatives: "the allowance assisted" or "the allowance supported".
Fortunately, a payment from the government called the widowed parent's allowance helped provide financial support.
Osborne, who is expected to announce a further increase in the personal allowance (the amount of earning on which no income tax is levied) to at least £10,500, said there had been a "misconception" in this debate and that lifting the basic rate allowance helped all taxpayers, apart from the very rich.
November 2009 She introduces universal child allowance, helping many families out of poverty.
Respondents told stories of how allowances help pay basic necessities or allow for larger purchases: "It helps to cater for some other things at home; they even help with things like paying school fees for children because the government salaries are very low.
The Lib Dems say higher allowances help the low-paid, but almost as many voters – 14% – would prefer a pause in tax credit cuts, a more targeted help for the working poor.
But basically, the justification that will fall from Osborne's mouth is that most of the multibillion-pound allowances help the better off, those on higher tax rates whose pension contributions are not taxed.
Cash allowances help families with HIV positive children in Tajikistan regain hope DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, March 2011 - Playing with her three-year-old son, Olim*, Marhabo tells me a story of desperation and hope.
The government has tried to defend its proposals more broadly by referring to a wider range of measures in the summer budget, including increases in the personal tax allowance, help for childcare, and increases in the minimum wage, which are to be introduced over the course of the parliament.
Approximately two minutes and 30 seconds into the clip comes the (not unimpressive) boast that "the educational maintenance allowance has helped 2.8 million teenagers".
Prosecutor Jonathan Davies told the court that as an MEP, Mr Mote was entitled to claim expenses which included a Parliamentary Assistance Allowance, or Secretarial Allowance, to help fund his work.
It claimed to offer support and advice to unemployed people on jobseeker's allowance or employment support allowance to help them get, and keep, jobs.
