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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 in all just an excellent service.

All in all just an excellent service. To think that you can use this for free when there are inferior products you have to pay for is crazy Reviewed on: 26th May 2024

Indispensable

I use the better off calculator regularly for for work and it is indispensable for what I do. It is very user friendly, accurate, and provides a clear summary that can be shared with clients Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Great tool

I use it for myself and my customer, it is a good way to found out about benefits you are entitled to and if you will manage your budget with a job Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Employment advisors Honest opinion

I feel that the better off calculator provides the best Insight into how many Hours a Individual can work whilst still showing what the individual is entitled too in regards to Their benefits. I really enjoy the Breakdowns and the comparisons at the end of the BOC. I also Feel it is useful as I can download and Print off the BOC upon completion. Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Good Calculator but needs a few more tweeks

I often use the Better Off Calculator for our clients (as an adviser at Citizens Advice) and it has proved immensely useful, helping us to maximise the income of our clients and help them understand their entitlement. However, since the update I do find that it can be a little bit confusing on how to read out their entitlement to them - personally I preferred where it would just display their full entitlement and not their current benefits + what they could be receiving. While I understand the reasoning for this change, in practice it makes the calculator more difficult to read out which benefits the client should be getting overall. Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Clear and effective way of doing benefit checks

Clear and effective way of doing benefit checks Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Its always been a good experience to work with bette...

Its always been a good experience to work with better off calculation Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

Decent Benefits Calculator

Decent Benefits Calculator with lots of options to change circumstances. Comparing different situations is a powerful tool. Reviewed on: 17th June 2024

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

Easy to use toll, well laid out and lots of helpful...

Easy to use toll, well laid out and lots of helpful detail on tool Reviewed on: 5th June 2024

An invaluable tool

This calculator is an invaluable tool when assessing debt advice clients' entitlement. It meets the need created by the governments' dearth of communication about benefits and helps people to start navigating the complexity of the system. Reviewed on: 4th June 2024

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