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farquarpigmix

Just done a 20 minute check up on the above. According to it I can claim child tax credit & working tax credit. Phoned working tax not entitled to a penny. Phoned child tax credit entitled to £41.00 Yet on calculator it says £113.68. For working tax it says entitled to £89.53

Who do you see to find out the truth? yes I know calculator is a estimate, but I told the same answers to both places. Totally confused here.

miduck

Tax credits usually (though not always) go on your income for the last tax year. It might be helpful to give us some idea of your current income, and that from the previous year? I would rely on the information given over the phone, but we can give an estimate from the above figures to be sure.

farquarpigmix

Hi, knew I forgot something. My gross earnings for 2011 -2012 where £25,000. I am employed. My wife doesn't work and receives £10.50 a week from a pension.

Icequeen99

When you say you phoned working tax credit and then phoned child tax credit....who did you speak to? They are both run by the same department and the application is done together for both and so is the calculation?

No harm in making a claim just in case.

IQ

Caz3121

You do get more tax credits working than not
how many children do you have?
If you have a look at the table you will see you would need to have had a low income last year to come out with those figures
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/people-advise-others/entitlement-tables/work-and-child/work-no-childcosts.htm

farquarpigmix

Hi, I have 2 children, they are 16 & 13. I wasn't able to any working tax credit last year. yet this calculator is saying I am?

Thank you for the replys so far.:T

Caz3121

farquarpigmix wrote: »

Hi, I have 2 children, they are 16 & 13. I wasn't able to any working tax credit last year. yet this calculator is saying I am?

Thank you for the replys so far.:T

there must be an error in the calculator or the inputs- the maximum for 2 children with no disability or childcare costs would be £188 per week and that is if your income last year was under £5k

farquarpigmix

Must be a error in the calculator. Can anyone recommended another calculator to try?

princessdon

Were they exactly £25,000 or a bit more?

At the moment you are borderline with your wages and your wife's pension.

Caz3121

farquarpigmix wrote: »

Must be a error in the calculator. Can anyone recommended another calculator to try?

From the table in #5 a salary of £25k and 2 children would be £2975 (£57 per week) for higher salary it would be less eg £30k is £18 per week
you can also try the turn2us calculator