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Eligible for Universal Credit during Maternity Leave
Stace255
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Hi there
I am currently on maternity leave and my income will soon be dropping to SMP only.
I know we wont be eligible for anything (except Child Benefit) when I am back to work but there will be a few months when our income will be greatly reduced. I think we would be entitled to what would have been tax credits. I know that's not the right way to phrase it, ive never claimed benefits before.
My OH earns £27k pa and i will be on smp for 3 months.We have claimed child benefit.
we are home owners just for info.
does anyone know if it is worth us making an application? i have tried online calculators but they don.t seem to work for temporary circumstances.
TIA
I am currently on maternity leave and my income will soon be dropping to SMP only.
I know we wont be eligible for anything (except Child Benefit) when I am back to work but there will be a few months when our income will be greatly reduced. I think we would be entitled to what would have been tax credits. I know that's not the right way to phrase it, ive never claimed benefits before.
My OH earns £27k pa and i will be on smp for 3 months.We have claimed child benefit.
we are home owners just for info.
does anyone know if it is worth us making an application? i have tried online calculators but they don.t seem to work for temporary circumstances.
TIA
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Just input your income as it will be at the time you are on SMP only, UC is based on a monthly income not in a tax year like tax credits."You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "0
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