maternity benefit

[jaytravis]

i was on maternity benefit from aug to jan this year , how do i do my tax form do i include it on my gross income for leave it out and i am sure on the tax return form its says something about benefits caimed do i add it up and put it under that
hope that makes sense lol

[Rosy Days]

Hi, I was on mat leave in the last financial year and I rang the tax office about this and was told that I did not need to include the mat allowance in my figures as its a non taxable allowance. However, I did put a note of it in the 'notes' section to cover myself, but I didn't include it in my main figures x

[MrAnchovy]

If you are talking about Maternity Allowance you do not include it anywhere on your tax return, although you do need to declare it for tax credits.

If this was Statutory Maternity Pay which was paid by a (former) employer, it goes in the Employment Income section of the tax return.