Benefits calculators
Universal Credit, Council Tax Reduction, Carer’s Allowance and more.
17 calculators · cited to gov.uk · 2026/27
Council Tax Reduction estimator A rough guide to Council Tax Reduction, with a clear caveat that your council sets the scheme. UC two-wages-in-one-period checker Flags the months two wages could land in one UC period, with the journal wording to fix it. Carer’s Allowance earnings limit Your counted earnings after tax, NI and half your pension, against the £204 weekly limit. HICBC escape planner Your Child Benefit charge, then the pension contribution that removes it and what it saves. Better off in work calculator Net income before and after more hours, once tax, NI and the 55% UC taper are counted. Universal Credit calculator Calculate universal credit calculator. Housing Benefit calculator Calculate housing benefit calculator. PIP points self-test Calculate pip points self-test. Pension Credit calculator Calculate pension credit calculator. Benefit cap checker Calculate benefit cap checker. Attendance Allowance checker Calculate attendance allowance checker. Winter Fuel Payment checker Calculate winter fuel payment checker. ESA calculator Calculate esa calculator. JSA calculator Calculate jsa calculator. Bereavement Support Payment Calculate bereavement support payment. Healthy Start payment checker Calculate healthy start payment checker. Budgeting Advance calculator Calculate budgeting advance calculator.
Guides for benefits
Clear explanations of the rules behind these calculators, checked against gov.uk for 2026/27.
- Attendance Allowance 2026/27: rates and rules
- Benefit cap 2026/27: limits and exemptions
- Bereavement Support Payment 2026/27 explained
- Carer's Allowance 2026/27: the £204 limit
- Child Benefit 2026/27: rates and the tax charge
- Child maintenance rates 2026/27: how CMS works
- Council tax bands explained: A to H
- How much is £60,000 after tax?
- JSA and ESA rates 2026/27 explained
- Pension Credit 2026/27: rates and who qualifies
- PIP rates 2026/27: what each component pays
- Statutory redundancy pay 2026/27 explained
- Statutory Sick Pay: how much you get in 2026/27
- Universal Credit rates 2026/27: what you get
- Universal Credit: extra help you can claim
- Winter Fuel Payment 2026/27 explained