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Benefit calculator reliability

How reliable are the three benefits calculators provided on the government website, Turn2us, entitledto and policy in practice? I get slightly different results with the policy in practice one compared to turn2us and entitled to.

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  • NedS
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    edited 14 October 2020 at 8:42PM
    I have not used the policy in practice calculator, but I have used the other two and found them to be reliable as long as information is given / entered correctly. They will only ever be as good as the information they are given.
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  • poppy12345
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    I always say they are only as reliable as the information you put into them. I get the same results which ever one i use. It's always advised to use a couple.
  • calcotti
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    PolicyinPractice I find the easiest to use but it is not, in my opinion, as accurate as entitledto or turn2us. 
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
  • IMHO its a case of GIGO (garbage in garbage out), not having a go OP simply saying that in all cases you have to put the correct info in.
  • cmbrookes
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    Thanks for all your comments. I do find the entitledto and turn2us better to use and both give the same results. Policy one gives me a different result. Thanks again 👍. 
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