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Question for new mums who are on mat leave
Hi ladies,
Just a quick one - Fiance and I have a joint income of around 60K. I'm just thinking about applying for benefits (tax credits etc) - do they base it on your old salary (so before you were on maternity leave) or do they base it on what you use to earn?
I have sent off my forms for Maternity Allowance - when should/how should I apply for the benefits I might be entitled to?
Thanks girls
Rucky 35 & 2
Just a quick one - Fiance and I have a joint income of around 60K. I'm just thinking about applying for benefits (tax credits etc) - do they base it on your old salary (so before you were on maternity leave) or do they base it on what you use to earn?
I have sent off my forms for Maternity Allowance - when should/how should I apply for the benefits I might be entitled to?
Thanks girls
Rucky 35 & 2
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you can apply for child benifit as soon as the baby is here, we got our form in the bounty pack at the hospital, this is ??80 a month and not means tested
as for tax credits we earned over 60K last year as we were saving for my maternity leave and doing overtime and unfortunatley they use this so we are currently getting nothing, i am going back to work part time and they have said to let them know of changes when i go back so they can recalulate and ajust accordingly, they will only do starting claims based on last years P60s though x
Rucky 35 & 5