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    Posted: 14 December 2011 at 8:56pm
Hiya

I am taking 14 weeks paid parental leave soon and then not going back to work after (as my contract ends after PPL). I will probably have 8 ish weeks left on PPL once bubs is born, will I qualify for anything from WFF? How does it work?

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Oh... forgot to mention that I don't have a partner, and this is my first bub :)
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you can get wff payments while on ppl. You would also get the in work tax credit while on pppl because it is hours you would "normally work"
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WFF all depends on how much you earn, so not sure if you will get much or any with only 1 child.   

You would be better off on the DPB, think it pays more than the PPL.
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The cut off is around 70k for 1 child and it doesn't take into account what you have earn't in the year before having the child - ppl is $458.82 as per http://www.ird.govt.nz/yoursituation-ind/parents/parents-paid-parental-leave.html so that plus any wfftc entitlement which could be $148ish would be more then the dpb? call ird hun they will let you know what you can do.
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Also if I remember correctly you can ring them up to get WFF & they will give it to you straight away when baby is born & give you a few weeks to get an IRD number for baby.
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Thanks all! I rang IRD and yep, it's definiteley worth getting PPL with WFF for those weeks after baby is born before I go on the DPB.

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