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Advice on OPF and applying for FiS

youngmother · 2012-04-25 12:06:37

Hi iv read through posts but still confused. I am on OPF with two kids and have just got a job for 19.5 hours a week i will be getting 160 pw from work. I also recieve 50pw from maintenance. I am not in receipt of rent allowance Does anyone know how much fis roughly i would be entitled as im confused? All help apreciated :)

25-04-2012 12:06pm

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youngmother

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Hi iv read through posts but still confused. I am on OPF with two kids and have just got a job for 19.5 hours a week i will be getting 160 pw from work. I also recieve 50pw from maintenance. I am not in receipt of rent allowance

Does anyone know how much fis roughly i would be entitled as im confused? All help apreciated

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#2 25-04-2012 1:31pm

upinthesky

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what you do is add your total opf + 160+ 50

then you take the total away from 602 divide that total by 100 and multiply by 60 and that's how much fis you will get

eg 188+29.80+29.80 = 247.60

247.60+160+ 50= 457.60

602-457.60= 144.40

144.40 divide by 100 x 60=86.64

so fis=86.64

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