{"id":1342,"date":"2024-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/are-you-eligible-for-tax-free-childcare\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:00:00","slug":"are-you-eligible-for-tax-free-childcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/are-you-eligible-for-tax-free-childcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you eligible for tax-free childcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can receive up to &pound;500 every 3 months (up to &pound;2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This increases to &pound;1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to &pound;4,000 a year).<\/p>\n<p>If you receive Tax-Free Childcare, you will set up an online childcare account for your child. For every &pound;8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in &pound;2 to use to pay your provider.<\/p>\n<p>You can receive Tax-Free Childcare at the same time as 15 or 30 hours free childcare if you are eligible for both.<\/p>\n<p>You can use it to pay for approved childcare, for example, childminders, nurseries and nannies and after school clubs and play schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Your childcare provider must be signed up to the scheme before you can pay them and benefit from Tax-Free Childcare. Check with your provider to see if they are signed up.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to the GOV.UK website your eligibility depends on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>whether you are working (employed, self-employed, or a director);<\/li>\n<li>your income (and your partner&rsquo;s income if you have one);<\/li>\n<li>your child&rsquo;s age and circumstances; and<\/li>\n<li>your immigration status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>If you are not currently working you may still be eligible if your partner is working and you receive any of the following:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Incapacity Benefit<\/li>\n<li>Severe Disablement Allowance<\/li>\n<li>Carer&rsquo;s Allowance or (in Scotland only) Carer Support Payment<\/li>\n<li>Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can apply if you are starting or re-starting work within the next 31 days.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Your income<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Over the next 3 months you and your partner (if you have one) must each expect to earn at least:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&pound;2,379 if you&rsquo;re aged 21 or over<\/li>\n<li>&pound;1,788 if you&rsquo;re aged 18 to 20<\/li>\n<li>&pound;1,331 if you&rsquo;re under 18 or an apprentice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the National Minimum Wage or Living Wage for 16 hours a week on average.<\/p>\n<!-- -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can receive up to &pound;500 every 3 months (up to &pound;2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This increases to &pound;1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to &pound;4,000 a year). If you receive Tax-Free Childcare, you will set up an online childcare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/duffyregan.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}