Tax creds, & PT working.

[munz]

anyone know roughly how they work out your payments?

only cos I'm thinking about doing a little p/t job - 12-15 hours apparently at £5.35 p/h can arrage child care but I'd be basically working for £30 p/w after the childcare bit was paid, would I qualify for the help witht he child care/how much do u recon my credits would reduce by?

(it's either that or a w/e one in tesco's which I think i'd prefer as DH could then look after J - I don't feel as bad about leaving him for 4/5 hours on a w/e if he's with daddy but don't really want to leave him with a minder iycwim.)

i work 8 hours and get £317 a month for 2 kids.also as its under 16hours i get a small amount of income support

used to work 16hours and get working tax credit and all but a fiver a week paid inchildcare costs.

i was definitely better of doing 16hours but had to reduce my hours when our school laid support staff off

so all your wages bar £5 went on child care when u did 16 hours, but u're better off finacially with less hours? i'm not folling. lol.

no sorry that came across wrong, when i worked 16 hours and got working tax, all my childcare costs except £5 were paid for by the benefits people or whoever paid them and i got child tax along side the working tax.

hope that seems better

i am a lone parent,i dont know if that would affect getting more money or not,praps someone else from the evening lot will read this. thats if they can tear themselves away from the "hamster cooked" thread

lol, ah yes I saw that thread! lol.

thanks that makes it clearer! lol - I don't mind doing it so much then for that - will ahev to see if they'll contract me for 16 hours. she says some dasy u do an hour more some an hour less.

good luck with the job munz