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Migration to universal credits

Amymay1985 · 2023-11-27 16:35:02

Hi all! I was recieving tax credits and got a migration letter to go onto universal credits. I was waiting for the letter as worked out online via the calculator that I would be worse off than on tax credits. My understanding was that the transitional payment protection meant that I still get the same amount as on tax…

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Yamor Posts: 757 Forumite

30 November 2023 at 6:29PM

Amymay1985 said:

He gets paid the last Friday of every month so got paid 26th October (the first day of the assessment period) and the 23rd November.

You can ask UC to reallocate one of his payments to the neighbouring month so as to ensure only one payment of his earnings is included in each month.

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