In this guide
Universal Credit
Universal Credit, in plain English.
This part of the site is about the benefit, not about our app. It is here because the hardest thing about being self-employed on Universal Credit is not the app you use, it is knowing what the rules actually say.
Every figure on these pages carries a link to the gov.uk page it came from and the date we last read it. Where gov.uk does not give a number, we do not give one either.
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Expenses you can claim
What expenses can I claim on Universal Credit when I am self-employed?
Read it - 02
The Minimum Income Floor
What is the Minimum Income Floor on Universal Credit?
Read it - 03
The mileage allowance
What is the Universal Credit mileage allowance for 2026?
Read it - 04
Reporting your income
How do I report self-employed income to Universal Credit?
Read it
Everything we used
- Business expenses you can report to Universal Credit if you are self-employed
- Universal Credit and self-employment quick guide
- How to report your earnings from self-employment
- Self-employment and Universal Credit
- The Universal Credit Regulations 2013, regulation 59 (permitted expenses)
- The Universal Credit Regulations 2013, regulation 62 (minimum income floor)
- Sign in to your Universal Credit account
Doing all this by hand every month?
That is what Takin is for. It turns your statements and your miles into the exact figures these pages describe, and you check every one before it goes anywhere.