# The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002, Paragraph 6: Initial calculation of the transitional additional amount


The initial amount of the transitional additional amount is—
(a) if the amount of the guarantee credit in the indicative SPC amount is greater than nil, the amount by which the representative weekly amount of child tax credit combined with the weekly amount of state pension credit (if any) to which the claimant was entitled on the migration day, exceeds the weekly amount of the indicative SPC amount;
(b) if the amount of the guarantee credit in the indicative SPC amount is nil—
(i) the sum of the representative weekly amount of child tax credit and the amount, if any, by which the income deducted in the calculation of the indicative SPC amount exceeds the amount of the appropriate minimum guarantee; minus
(ii) the amount of the maximum saving credit, but only if the indicative SPC amount includes a savings credit or would do but for the claimant’s income being such that the condition in section 3(2)(b) of the Act is not met.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/schedule/IIB/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-2002/schedule-IIB/paragraph-6
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