working parent tax credits

scousedave

Hello I am presently on jsa but hope to have work very shortly.
Presently get about £115 a week as I have 2 children
Just trying to get a ball park figure. If I were to earn £300 or £350 a week what would I receive from tax credits.
Have tried the on line estimate but when have used in the past it was miles out so very weary to trust it again.
Thank you

Poppie68

Try the Turn2US calculator, thats usually pretty accurate.

scousedave

It is an agency job so will be working 3 days a week as Im a single dad and the hours not very family friendly hence only 3 days.
So briefly have been on jsa this present tax year, single dad with two young children and hope to earn approx. 300-350 a week.
Thank you

scousedave

sorry..not using childcare at the moment but may in the future.....thank god for nanny!!

scousedave

I would be working 30+ hrs a week
I have done turn to us based on £130 a week child car although I probably wouldn't use childcare until I knew that the work was regular.
The figures below are based on £300 pw income
Working tax credits £181.12
Child tax credit £115.00
Child benefit £33.70
This means I would get £330 in benefits on top of my £300 a week wages.....is this right as it seems an awful lot?

Kayalana99

scousedave wrote: »

I would be working 30+ hrs a week
I have done turn to us based on £130 a week child car although I probably wouldn't use childcare until I knew that the work was regular.
The figures below are based on £300 pw income
Working tax credits £181.12
Child tax credit £115.00
Child benefit £33.70
This means I would get £330 in benefits on top of my £300 a week wages.....is this right as it seems an awful lot?

I could believe it because I get £380 a month + £135 child ben (so £95 a week + child ben so £120 a week ish) based on 2 kids, no childcare & higher income.

With you working(I'm on M/L hence the higher income) you'd get a bigger chunk more then me because of childcare.

Kayalana99

blondebubbles wrote: »

I'm sorry but you still haven't gave me enough info to go on. I would need your 12/13 and 13/14 income. It's not as straight forward as putting in your weekly wage.

No offense BB I know your only trying to help but surely its better for him to fill in his own benefit calculator to get his results from their, then you to ask him for all his personal details so you can do it for him.

As above he's done it and got his results and sometimes they do seem to good to be true!

scousedave

blondebubbles wrote: »

I'm sorry but you still haven't gave me enough info to go on. I would need your 12/13 and 13/14 income. It's not as straight forward as putting in your weekly wage.

Sorry...this year I have only had jsa..so jsa for 9 months at £70 a week...the year before was around 13k....hope this helps...sorry I missed your original request...school finishing time!!

fannyadams

use this:

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

fill it in as if you are working

it will tell you what benfits you can claim.

Poppie68

I would trust blondebubbles above any of the calculators to work out any tax credit entitlement , she's not asking to be nosey, she happens to know what she is doing.
You have obviously missed the dozens of posters she has helped?

Poppie68

blondebubbles wrote: »

Thanks Poppie, much appreciated. Seems to be getting too argumentative on these forums. Starting to put me off wanting to help.

Thats why we have a ignore button:D Carry on with what you are doing you have helped many posters and are appreciated on here...