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tax credits online calculator

is this accurate?its the official one on their website

we get WTC+CTC of £139.00 combined on a salary of £11,000....i entered this salary into their calculator and it said we should get around £168.00..ive always informed tax credits of everything so i cant see how it could be wrong?i entered the same details into entitledto and that gave a very similar amount to £168.00 p.w

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  • jay1jay
    jay1jay Posts: 146 Forumite
    Think we need more info than that - how many kids? any babies under one? how many hours a week do you both work? any disabilities? do you have an overpayment that you are paying back? any childcare costs?
  • vicki_b
    vicki_b Posts: 306 Forumite
    3 kids,2,2+7,my partner works 40 hours,no disabilities+we arent paying anything back!
  • isasmurf
    isasmurf Posts: 1,998 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Is the £139 the amount you got last year? If it is then it looks about right. Tax credits have increased considerably this month. You will get an extra £240 per child, plus an extra £170 in WTC plus about an extra £460 becuase the income level that it starts being reduced from has increased by £1,200. This all adds up to an extra £26 per week
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