One of the reasons we have chosen Policy in Practice’s Benefit and Budgeting tool is that it allows you to see, when you put in the postcode, certain things that are available to customers, discounted wifi being one of them.
Kirsty Hunn, Fedcap
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Our Benefit and Budgeting Calculator is outcome-focused and gives advisors information they can trust. They can easily explain complex benefit changes and give people the advice they need to make decisions. The calculator is free for individuals; extra features are built into our expert version for advisors, for which charges apply.
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- Compare income under current system and Universal Credit
- Save and download information about benefits and how to maximise income
- See which benefits couples can claim to maximise joint income
- See impact of change in earnings or hours on income via sliders
- Get personalised benefit advice
- Get advice to maximise income
- Print a record of the case
- Click links to Find a Job
- Click links to benefit claim forms and advice
- Get support via general email helpline
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- Compare income under current system and Universal Credit
- Save and download information about benefits and how to maximise income
- See which benefits couples can claim to maximise joint income
- Calculate income for students, refugees and asylum seekers
- Forecast UC fluctuations for weekly income for next 12 months
- Forecast weekly income and total household income that falls in UC assessment periods, for next 12 months
- Auto calculate Council Tax liability based on postcode
- Auto calculate Local Housing Allowance
- Calculate localised Council Tax Support
- Allow for Council Tax exemptions, disability and single person discounts
- Manually change auto calculated values
- Include details of self employed user and partner
- Allow for pension contributions
- See impact of change in earnings or hours on income via sliders
- Model, save and compare changes of circumstances
- Get personalised benefit advice
- Get advice to maximise income
- Print a record of the case
- Click links to Find a Job
- Click links to benefit claim forms and advice
- Get support via general email helpline
- Access built in chat support
- Print a case in full or selected sections, eg budget
- Share cases with others
- Save a case and return later
- Create personalised action plans
- Create and access management information
- Customise the visual look of the interface with your branding
- Set user permission levels
- Create tailored views for individuals, team and organisation
- Print case record and select which features to include in print
- View expert hovers showing detailed breakdown of how calculations are made
- Access Budgeting calculator
- Compare outgoings with other similar households to help budget
- Create smart budget plans showing prioritised payments
- Calculate maximum overpayment repayments, deductions due to sanctions, advance payments and hardship awards
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When we were looking at a new benefit calculator, all of our colleagues who tested Policy in Practice's Benefit and Budgeting Calculator agreed it was the one they wanted to have “ the decision was unanimous! Its ease of use and visual features will make it much easier to help our customers.
Income maximisation is so important, as is building a customer’s confidence and identifying additional money they may be able to claim. This is where we use the Policy in Practice Benefit and Budgeting Calculator.
Deborah Ware, Financial Wellness Group
We really encourage our new customers to use the Benefit and Budgeting Calculator to help them be independent and find out what benefits they’re entitled to. It’s been a big help to our staff, our housing team and our domestic abuse teams in particular, to double-check the advice they are giving to people.
Beverley Hiden, Rooftop Housing
The Benefit and Budgeting Calculator has enabled us to carry out over 4,000 benefit calculations. The ‘what if’ scenarios in the calculator enable us to have a conversation with someone where we can model the ‘in work’ and ‘out of work’ scenarios. It gives our tenants some certainty when they go back into the world of work, move into a new sector or take up employment in another town.
Darren Thomas, Grwp Cynefin
We use the calculator with Reach Out, our vulnerable customer’s arm. The tool is invaluable in the early identification of benefit eligibility and assists with cost savings to our vulnerable customers. It is simple to use and shows a level of detail like nothing else on the market.
Ben Jones, Sigma
Supporting customers to ensure they maximise their income is a vital part of our debt advice process. Close to 50% of customers who we’ve done a benefits assessment for are eligible for more benefits than they’ve been claiming. The tool is quick, intuitive to use and rich in detail – including excellent information on support at local authority level. Another plus is that, as well as alerting customers to additional benefits, it highlights other entitlements such as free prescriptions, free school meals, help with water costs, reduced price WiFi contracts and more.
Sebrina McCullough, Financial Wellness Group
The differences with this calculator, compared to others on the market, are the income assessment features that give the built in ability to maximise benefits and see the impact of working extra hours. The Universal Credit calendar feature helps us to flex payments based on fluctuating income.
I decided Policy in Practice’s Benefit and Budgeting Calculator was something we really needed. It’s enabled us to provide a consistent approach to assessing affordability. We’ve been able to give our customers an online tool which lets them take control of their finances and liaise with us electronically, without the awkwardness or challenge sometimes faced in person.
The Benefit and Budgeting Calculator is used as a motivational tool, as what better way is there to show someone how they can improve their situation by entering employment than by seeing that big difference as a financial figure?
Andy Johnson, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
The Benefit and Budgeting Calculator makes it much quicker to do calculations and the tooltips make it easy to use, meaning we only need to train people once. The simplicity of the calculator means that clients can often self serve with little support.
Sue McCarron, Citizens Advice Wirral
