diff --git a/erpnext/payroll/doctype/employee_benefit_application/employee_benefit_application.py b/erpnext/payroll/doctype/employee_benefit_application/employee_benefit_application.py
index 8dad7cc..8df1bb6 100644
--- a/erpnext/payroll/doctype/employee_benefit_application/employee_benefit_application.py
+++ b/erpnext/payroll/doctype/employee_benefit_application/employee_benefit_application.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import frappe
 from frappe import _
 from frappe.model.document import Document
-from frappe.utils import add_days, cint, cstr, date_diff, getdate, rounded
+from frappe.utils import add_days, cstr, date_diff, flt, getdate, rounded
 
 from erpnext.hr.utils import (
 	get_holiday_dates_for_employee,
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@
 		validate_active_employee(self.employee)
 		self.validate_duplicate_on_payroll_period()
 		if not self.max_benefits:
-			self.max_benefits = get_max_benefits_remaining(self.employee, self.date, self.payroll_period)
+			self.max_benefits = flt(
+				get_max_benefits_remaining(self.employee, self.date, self.payroll_period),
+				self.precision("max_benefits"),
+			)
 		if self.max_benefits and self.max_benefits > 0:
 			self.validate_max_benefit_for_component()
 			self.validate_prev_benefit_claim()
-			if self.remaining_benefit > 0:
+			if self.remaining_benefit and self.remaining_benefit > 0:
 				self.validate_remaining_benefit_amount()
 		else:
 			frappe.throw(
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@
 			max_benefit_amount = 0
 			for employee_benefit in self.employee_benefits:
 				self.validate_max_benefit(employee_benefit.earning_component)
-				max_benefit_amount += employee_benefit.amount
+				max_benefit_amount += flt(employee_benefit.amount)
 			if max_benefit_amount > self.max_benefits:
 				frappe.throw(
 					_("Maximum benefit amount of employee {0} exceeds {1}").format(
@@ -125,7 +128,8 @@
 		benefit_amount = 0
 		for employee_benefit in self.employee_benefits:
 			if employee_benefit.earning_component == earning_component_name:
-				benefit_amount += employee_benefit.amount
+				benefit_amount += flt(employee_benefit.amount)
+
 		prev_sal_slip_flexi_amount = get_sal_slip_total_benefit_given(
 			self.employee, frappe.get_doc("Payroll Period", self.payroll_period), earning_component_name
 		)
@@ -209,32 +213,44 @@
 	holidays = "','".join(holidays)
 
 	for d in range(working_days):
-		dt = add_days(cstr(getdate(start_date)), d)
+		date = add_days(cstr(getdate(start_date)), d)
 
 		LeaveApplication = frappe.qb.DocType("Leave Application")
 		LeaveType = frappe.qb.DocType("Leave Type")
 
+		is_half_day = (
+			frappe.qb.terms.Case()
+			.when(
+				(
+					(LeaveApplication.half_day_date == date)
+					| (LeaveApplication.from_date == LeaveApplication.to_date)
+				),
+				LeaveApplication.half_day,
+			)
+			.else_(0)
+		).as_("is_half_day")
+
 		query = (
 			frappe.qb.from_(LeaveApplication)
 			.inner_join(LeaveType)
 			.on((LeaveType.name == LeaveApplication.leave_type))
-			.select(LeaveApplication.name, LeaveApplication.half_day)
+			.select(LeaveApplication.name, is_half_day)
 			.where(
 				(LeaveType.is_lwp == 1)
 				& (LeaveApplication.docstatus == 1)
 				& (LeaveApplication.status == "Approved")
 				& (LeaveApplication.employee == employee)
-				& ((LeaveApplication.from_date <= dt) & (dt <= LeaveApplication.to_date))
+				& ((LeaveApplication.from_date <= date) & (date <= LeaveApplication.to_date))
 			)
 		)
 
 		# if it's a holiday only include if leave type has "include holiday" enabled
-		if dt in holidays:
+		if date in holidays:
 			query = query.where((LeaveType.include_holiday == "1"))
-		leaves = query.run()
+		leaves = query.run(as_dict=True)
 
 		if leaves:
-			lwp = cint(leaves[0][1]) and (lwp + 0.5) or (lwp + 1)
+			lwp += 0.5 if leaves[0].is_half_day else 1
 
 	return lwp