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Overview of the Q.B.C. Training Tutorial

These pages have a dual purpose design. In the first place they form an on-line "help" system for the QBC (although its so easy to use it hardly needs an external help file). Better still, they make a terrific start for basic Benefits training - use them in conjunction with the QBC to get a potent training tool - so much more flexible than conventional lectures and it's a permanently available resource.
Essentially there is a web page (which can, of course, be saved and viewed off-line), for every Calculator screen. Each one -

    

- explains in detail what the Calculator is doing; and
 - sets some test exercises for the "student" to run.

Follow the screen sequence to achieve an easy introduction to the complexities of a Benefit claim.

Screen 1

    Introduction screen - gets you started on the right track

Screen 2

    Property details screen - Eligible Rent Details + Council Tax Details

Screen 3

    Claimant "personal" details screen + path to potential disability details

Screen 3A

    Screen 3A - Disability details "qualifying benefits and conditions" test screen

 

    Screen 3B - Enhanced Disability potential criteria "qualification test" screen

 

    Screen 3C - Severe Disability potential criteria "qualification test" screen

Screen 4

    Dependant children and Young Persons (under 19) for whom child benefit is paid

Screen 5

    Claimant Earned Income Details screen with instant Tax and NI estimate

Screen 6

    Claimant Unearned Income Details screen with path to student income calculation

 

    Screens 6A - 6D - - - - Student income calculation screens

Screen 7

    Capital Assets Details Screen with path to National Savings Certificates valuation

 

    Screen 7A - - - - - National Savings Certificates auto valuation screen

Screen 8

    Childcare costs that can be deducted from income (and student expenses)

Screen 9

    Non-dependant deductions (resident adults who do not pay rent) details screen

Screen 10

    Important figures reached along the way - Claimant income, Premiums and allowances

Screen 11

    Final Display Details screen - Weekly Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Award

 

    Screen 11A - Working Families Tax Credit Estimate - calculation display screen

 

    Screen 11B - Disabled Person's Tax Credit Estimate - calculation display screen

Print 1

    Print Verification Framework checklist of vital documents the claimant should produce

Print 2

    Print output summary of claim figures for this estimate - date and time stamped

  Click the "right turn arrow" button and move ahead to the next page, which is Screen 1