how accurate is entitalto?

fkelanne

hi all, ive been to a jobcentre adviser today. She worked out everythink what i would get if i worked for 16 hours a week.

at the mo i get:
IS £27 wkly
Child tax cred £150
HB £92
CTB £13.81
Child ben £33.70
Carers allowance £53.90
DLA for my son £70.00

Working i would get:
Child tax creds £150
workin tax creds £73
carers allowace £53.90
HB £60.15
CTB £4.01
Child ben £33.70
DLA £70.00
wage £96.00

I went on entitaled to web site, and i am better off not working!
I want to go out to work, but i dont want to be worst off for doing so.
Can anyone help?

karenx

Entitledto is only a guide. What differences is there?

jacqui99

The system is crazy.. im not on benefits myself but like others i know people that are. if it is only a few quid i would go to work for self pride and to be proud in your kids eyes.but i no money is very tight!!.
By the way what is it with the 16hours...

angel223_2

from the experiences of some friends of mine it came up under what they thought they would be getting based on the calculations.:(

AnxiousMum

fkelanne wrote: »

hi all, ive been to a jobcentre adviser today. She worked out everythink what i would get if i worked for 16 hours a week.

at the mo i get:
IS £27 wkly
Child tax cred £150
HB £92
CTB £13.81
Child ben £33.70
Carers allowance £53.90
DLA for my son £70.00

Working i would get:
Child tax creds £150
workin tax creds £73
carers allowace £53.90
HB £60.15
CTB £4.01
Child ben £33.70
DLA £70.00
wage £96.00

I went on entitaled to web site, and i am better off not working!
I want to go out to work, but i dont want to be worst off for doing so.
Can anyone help?

So what you get now is £440.41 per week, and if you were working 16 hours per week, you would be getting £540.76 - a good hundred pounds more per week. I don't see why (using the figures you have supplied above) you feel you are worse off by working? Maybe I have a different calculator than you......hmmmmm

But, by going to work, you are also keeping yourself in the work force, something that as your children grow will be very useful to you. You are earning a wage, showing your children that you work, you get rewarded, setting an example to them, giving yourself some necessary adult time doing something worthwhile, and setting yourself up for future pay raises and job advancement.

Mum2twins98

fkelanne wrote: »

hi all, ive been to a jobcentre adviser today. She worked out everythink what i would get if i worked for 16 hours a week.

at the mo i get:
IS £27 wkly
Child tax cred £150
HB £92
CTB £13.81
Child ben £33.70
Carers allowance £53.90
DLA for my son £70.00

Working i would get:
Child tax creds £150
workin tax creds £73
carers allowace £53.90
HB £60.15
CTB £4.01
Child ben £33.70
DLA £70.00
wage £96.00

I went on entitaled to web site, and i am better off not working!
I want to go out to work, but i dont want to be worst off for doing so.
Can anyone help?

Hi not sure who told you this but if you get carers you can only earn so much before its affected i think it may be £100

AnxiousMum

Mum2twins98 wrote: »

Hi not sure who told you this but if you get carers you can only earn so much before its affected i think it may be £100

Her wage is only £96.00

fkelanne

i think ive been doin the entiled to web site wrong!
i have been looking at it without my wage i would earn so it would make it about right!
Im going to go do it again and add my wage onto the end amount..
I want to work, just having an ill child i was unable to work plus didnt no if my son was going to make it through the first few years of his life. Thanks god he has and i getting his health back on track as much as we can. thanks all

cit_k

Entitled to is not accurate, as it assumes eligibility for all benefits, it does not take into consideration the thousands of pages of rules that will stop someone from getting certain benefits, that will cause conflicts with other benefits, or mistakes in the system etc.

Its a 'ideal world' scenario, where you are entitled to everything possible with no questions asked, and never any mistakes made.

NASA_2

cit_k wrote: »

Entitled to is not accurate, as it assumes eligibility for all benefits, it does not take into consideration the thousands of pages of rules that will stop someone from getting certain benefits, that will cause conflicts with other benefits, or mistakes in the system etc.

Its a 'ideal world' scenario, where you are entitled to everything possible with no questions asked, and never any mistakes made.

Couldnt have said it much better myself.

Thousands (If not hundreds of thousands) of words written about benefits cannot be condensed into what entitledto is.

daimonde

maybe try the directgov calculator, might be more accurate as its a govt one ?

....i only said might

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DoItOnlineByCategory/DG_172666

or straight to

https://www.dwpe-services.direct.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/ba/lp