what can i claim

john1986

really struggling with claiming or knowing what were entitled to, trying to work out if its worth my partner returning to work or not, if we had a income of roughly 15k a year what would we be able to get ? its a mortgaged property with a child under 1 in part time nursery any idea ? cheers

967stuart

Unbelievable...

john1986

blondebubbles wrote: »

Best thing to do would be to use one of the online calculators like entitledto of turn2us.

Otherwise if you post a few more details we might be able to help.

We would need details of
- working hours for you both of you
- income for last year and this year
- childcare costs
- if anyone in the household has any disabilities

well the plan would be for just one of us to work so

38hours
14,900 for me and don't know the partners as she was on maternity leave
£264 a month
and no

that any good to you ?

john1986

967stuart wrote: »

Unbelievable...

and whys that ?

Indie_Kid

You should be getting child benefit and child tax credits.

john1986

Indie_Kid wrote: »

You should be getting child benefit and child tax credits.

we get child benefit but not child tax credit

fannyadams

does this link help you?
http://www.entitledto.co.uk/benefits-calculator/startcalc.aspx

pmlindyloo

Since you seem to be having some difficulty working this out (no offence meant!) I suggest that you go to CAB and ask for a better off calculation using the Quick benefit check.

You will need to take with you both your P60s and your bank statements and payslips showing you and your wife's income before she went on maternity leave and after she went on maternity leave. Also you will need to know how much council tax you pay.

They can put different scenarios into the calculator. eg your wife not working/your wife working part time/your wife not working.

Tax credits are difficult to work out because of all the different 'rules'.

Go and get some help.