if somebody has a monthly benefit of £2318.90 how much would they have to earn a month if working? 28 September 2022 at 9:31PM edited 29 September 2022 at 12:18PM in Benefits & tax credits 11 replies 1.4K views

williewonder

To get this amount of £2318.90 a month?

poppy12345

Your question doesn't make sense... They would need to earn the same amount..

Spoonie_Turtle

Oh I think I understand.  Do you mean how much would they have to earn before tax and NI?

According to this site https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/lifestyle.php - which is not guaranteed to be entirely accurate - £2952.21 per month.

williewonder

what would the take home pay be if somebody had a take home pay of £2318.90 a 4/week month when working excluding council tax. What would they have to earn for this take home pay with taxes on top?

calcotti

poppy12345 said:

Your question doesn't make sense... They would need to earn the same amount..

I assume they mean how much would someone have to earn gross in order to have a net income of £2318.90/month.

Dazed_and_C0nfused

poppy12345 said:

Your question doesn't make sense... They would need to earn the same amount..

I suspect the op means what salary would be needed to get £2318.90 month in net pay.

But there are so many variables it's impossible to answer.

Country of residence for tax purposes

Level of pension contributions

Method of pension contributions

Liability for student loan deduction

Liable to NI or not?
Any additional tax complications (Blind Persons Allowance, Marriage Allowance etc)

poppy12345

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Oh I think I understand.  Do you mean how much would they have to earn before tax and NI?

According to this site https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/lifestyle.php - which is not guaranteed to be entirely accurate - £2952.21 per month.

calcotti said:

poppy12345 said:

Your question doesn't make sense... They would need to earn the same amount..

I assume they mean how much would someone have to earn gross in order to have a net income of £2318.90/month.

Thanks both. I read it several times and couldn't get my head round the question at all. It's been a long day, maybe that's why.

warby68

I think OP means what would the Gross salary have to be to produce £2318pm net.

Based on a standard personal allowance, 20% basic rate income tax and no additional deductions or allowances it would be roughly £35408 pa and even more if the benefits are paid 4 weekly as that would be 13 payment periods in a year rather than 12 on which most salary calculators are based.

Alice_Holt

poppy12345 said:

Your question doesn't make sense... They would need to earn the same amount..

  Quite (in net terms).   

 https://www.uktaxcalculators.co.uk/tax-calculators/personal-tax-calculators/reverse-tax-calculator/


  But it's not an either / or situation.

  Someone can work and receive PIP.
  Someone can work and receive Carers Allowance.
  Someone can work and receive UC.
  Someone can work and receive the State Pension.  
  Someone can work and receive Child Benefit.
  Etc, etc



  (I've reported the thread as not money saving) 

williewonder

Thank you everybody for the very quick responses. 

Spoonie_Turtle

poppy12345 said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Oh I think I understand.  Do you mean how much would they have to earn before tax and NI?

According to this site https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/lifestyle.php - which is not guaranteed to be entirely accurate - £2952.21 per month.

calcotti said:

poppy12345 said:

Your question doesn't make sense... They would need to earn the same amount..

I assume they mean how much would someone have to earn gross in order to have a net income of £2318.90/month.

Thanks both. I read it several times and couldn't get my head round the question at all. It's been a long day, maybe that's why.

Took me a while too!