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Name: Better Off Calculator
Rating: 4.68 (205 reviews)

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4.65

Based on 205 reviews, last reviewed 24th Sep 2024

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Latest highest rating:

5

No stupid Chatbot Good to get human contact from the begining of the chat not some stupid chat box that cannot understand your question. The agent was responsive and he... Read more Reviewed on: 24th September 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Can’t understand the results, trying to work out if... Can’t understand the results, trying to work out if I cut my hours Reviewed on: 1st August 2024

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About this product

The Better Off Calculator is a tool that quickly calculates your benefit entitlement and shows you what money you may be missing out on. It shows you what steps you can take to strengthen your finances with a focus on actionable advice.

You can use the free calculator to see what help you are eligible for, and see clearly how changes in earnings or hours will impact your income.

If you're an advisor you can get more features in our professional calculator so that you can work out the exact amount of next Universal Credit payments, and create personalised action plans and smart budgets for customers.

With the Better Off Calculator you don’t need to be a policy expert to understand what changes to the welfare system mean for you.

Policy in Practice Better Off Calculator reviews (205)

Review of the Policy in Practice, Better Off Calculator:

All this advice and its totally free - youd expect t...

All this advice and its totally free - youd expect to pay for this! Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Simple, Quick & Effective

Policy In Practice Better Iff Calculator is much more simple to use than other similar services, asks less questions and gives me better answers faster. It has helped my family access the benefits that they are eligible for Reviewed on: 2nd August 2023

Great features, but untrustworthy results

Policy in Practice's Better Off Calculator has the potential to be the best product of its kind, allowing even for complex calculations such as those involving student income. However, occasionally the calculation results are wildly incorrect. While I am able to recognise this as a trained benefit adviser, I worry for members of the public who may trust the results. Reviewed on: 27th July 2023

Not fit for purpose

Unfortunately our organisation cannot recommend this calculator as it has many flaws which we have reported on numerous occasions, but have not been fixed. Reviewed on: 27th July 2023

INVALUABLE TOOL FOR BENEFITS BETTER OFF CALCULATIONS

Policy in Practice Better off calculator keeps getting better. Features are updated regularly to keep up with changes in benefits regulations; easy to understand; easy to follow and the three sections are laid out in a very user friendly manner. Reviewed on: 26th July 2023

Best Benefit Calculator out there at the moment

Attended the webinar and practiced using the calculator. I found it really easy with more information to help support my clients. Reviewed on: 25th July 2023

practical tool to help calculate benefits due

the tool is really good but is a little bit information heavy when calculating how much benefits someone is entitled to and could be simplified a little in my opinion but there is a high level of detail in the calculations performed Reviewed on: 18th July 2023

So Helpfully!

very good to calculate your rights. Reviewed on: 15th July 2023

Policy and Practice

The tool is user friendly, it is extremely useful for our service to carry out Affordability Assessment of our clients. Reviewed on: 12th July 2023

Best Calculator

This is the easiest calculator to use. The information boxes give more insight to the question being asked. It does not take as long as the others. You can also change situations such as childcare cost, housing cost, working hours easily without having to start again. Working out the difference in legacy and uc payments is also handy. On the results page it gives useful information on important things that have impacted the results such as bedroom tax or overlapping premiums. There is also a huge section on additional support available that can be forwarded to clients to look in there own time. The only negative thing i would say is it takes quite a few minutes to download a calculation. Reviewed on: 12th July 2023

Never works for me

This calculator never works for me. I get to the end and there's no result, or I can't down;load the result, or aI can't save the result. Not fit for purpose. Reviewed on: 5th July 2023

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