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Based on 423 reviews, last reviewed 7th Apr 2026
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4

Employment Advisor I’ve found the Better Off Calculator to be a useful tool for getting a clearer picture of how changes in circumstances can affect income. One of its m... Read more Reviewed on: 7th April 2026
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Latest lowest rating:

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i find its time consuming / unfriendly / completely... i find its time consuming / unfriendly / completely useless compared to our old calculator. ETC ETC Reviewed on: 19th August 2025
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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.

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Policy in Practice Better Off Calculator reviews (423)

Quick and easy

4
Great calculator with range of tools, easy to use. Only criticism is that some areas of benefit legislation have not been updated so results are inaccurate - IE recently would not allow for SMI in UC because claimant was employed, but this requirement ended in April. Apart from that, all good, my go to tool! Reviewed on: 18th May 2023

Excellent accurate assessment

5
Policy and Practice is so easy to use, providing an accurate, simple process to follow to achieve your results. I use the platform daily for work which reduces my workload and allows me to provide results very quickly. Reviewed on: 18th May 2023

Highly Recommend

5
I have and would recommend P in P to family and friends, and helped some of them out by going through it with them. It's thorough and accurate. Reviewed on: 18th May 2023

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