What am I entitled to???

gemma3

I am currently on maternity leave and receiving maternity allowance, I ceased being self employed in January when I gave up work to have my second child, I have 2 children one at three and 1 at 5 months, I live with my partner in our mortgaged home. I would like to return to work on a part time employed basis (preferable 16hrs) and would like to know what benefits I would be entitled to if I did return and who to speak to about them, I'm at a complete loss please help!!!
Thanks

notanewuser

gemma3 wrote: »

I am currently on maternity leave and receiving maternity allowance, I ceased being self employed in January when I gave up work to have my second child, I have 2 children one at three and 1 at 5 months, I live with my partner in our mortgaged home. I would like to return to work on a part time employed basis (preferable 16hrs) and would like to know what benefits I would be entitled to if I did return and who to speak to about them, I'm at a complete loss please help!!!
Thanks

It all depends what your partner earns.

Try entitledto.co.uk

nannytone_2

it all depends on household income and childcare costs

gemma3

With me not working the household income is around 17000 per year, we have no child care costs

notanewuser

gemma3 wrote: »

With me not working the household income is around 17000 per year, we have no child care costs

Will you need childcare when you go back to work though? Does the £17k include your maternity allowance?

benefitbaby

Potentially you have entitlement to CB, CTC and WTC (possibly HB and CTS), total income and capital may impact entitlement as others have said. Try out the calculator at www.entitledto.com so you can see how things would be now and then if you attain work at 16 hours and MA ends.

gemma3

Who do I ring to discuss which benefits I'm entitled to?

Caz3121

gemma3 wrote: »

Who do I ring to discuss which benefits I'm entitled to?

did you look at the link provided in the post above yours. You can run through some scenarios with working hours, wages and childcare costs to give indications.

StormyWeather_2

gemma3 wrote: »

Who do I ring to discuss which benefits I'm entitled to?

You can contact the tax credits office and ask them for an application form, but they won't be able to tell you over the phone how much you will be entitled to. They need the details of household income, number of children, childcare costs to work it out.

Depending on household income, you may be entitled to Working Tax Credit, help with childcare costs, Child Tax Credit.

You might also be entitled to some help with housing costs. Contact your local council for an application form.

You can put in your details on this benefit calculator to get an idea of what you will get. http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

You can try out various scenarios to work out what is best.