Anyone give me a rough estimate of entitlement

lucysmumwork

Hi there, I just wondered if anyone could give me some adevice if I gave my details? I have been on entitledto but its difficult to estimate and put in the details as if my situation has changed when it hasnt yet and then Im not sure if these figures are correct - they seem high.

Anyway I am starting maternity leave on the 24 June and plan to take 39 weeks off. I work three days a week and earn £8500 a year. My husband works full time and earns £22000. However I have a 2 year old and she is in nursery so I claim childcare vouchers of £90 per month and my husband claims £245 per month. Our nursery fees are £3952 per annum (£76 per week). When this baby is born and I go back to work that will obviously be two in childcare and we will both claim the full amount of £245 per month, but our nursery fees will then be approximately £6340 per annum (£120 per week).

Also I am in the LGPS and pay in 6% of my salary every month byt not when I am on maternity leave.

To make things more complicated I know I get 90% for the first six weeks of leave but then I get half pay off my employer for twelve weeks plus SMP (up to max of full pay obviously) which means for those twelvbe weeks I will technically be taking home my 'normal pay'.

I appreciate that while I am on leave things might not change much as the new baby wont be in childcare but onc e I return it would be handy to know roughly how much we would get.

Sorry this is so complicated, hope I have included everything and someone can get their head round these figures..!!
xx

Terrysdelight

lucysmumwork wrote: »

Hi there, I just wondered if anyone could give me some adevice if I gave my details? I have been on entitledto but its difficult to estimate and put in the details as if my situation has changed when it hasnt yet and then Im not sure if these figures are correct - they seem high.

Anyway I am starting maternity leave on the 24 June and plan to take 39 weeks off. I work three days a week and earn £8500 a year. My husband works full time and earns £22000. However I have a 2 year old and she is in nursery so I claim childcare vouchers of £90 per month and my husband claims £245 per month. Our nursery fees are £3952 per annum (£76 per week). When this baby is born and I go back to work that will obviously be two in childcare and we will both claim the full amount of £245 per month, but our nursery fees will then be approximately £6340 per annum (£120 per week).

Also I am in the LGPS and pay in 6% of my salary every month byt not when I am on maternity leave.

To make things more complicated I know I get 90% for the first six weeks of leave but then I get half pay off my employer for twelve weeks plus SMP (up to max of full pay obviously) which means for those twelvbe weeks I will technically be taking home my 'normal pay'.

I appreciate that while I am on leave things might not change much as the new baby wont be in childcare but onc e I return it would be handy to know roughly how much we would get.

Sorry this is so complicated, hope I have included everything and someone can get their head round these figures..!!
xx

There is a link (tax credit calculator) that you can use to give a rough idea:
http://www.taxcredits.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/Qualify/DIQHousehold.aspx

Also, if you phone they can go through a calculation with you.