which benefit checker online is correct ?

kurjam

my job is going to be ending.
i have been on entitledto, benefits adviser (direct gov site) and tax credit site...
all 3 give me different amounts i might be entitled to, it is so confusing.....
which one should i trust the most......

flea72

tbh none of them are that accurate figurewise, but at least they point you in the direction of what benefits you can claim

entitledto gives amounts based on your yearly entitlement, whereas the tax credits website gives you figures based on entitlement from that day til the end of the tax year, so that might be why you have a discrepancy there

most benefits have a list of criteria that you have to meet, and then a formula that your entitlement is based on - a quick google should bring up all the relevant info, ie where to find out what you LHA rates are, what income figures you need to work out WTC, etc.

hth F