Many parents can save money by using childcare vouchers, which allows you to pay for childcare from your pre-tax salary. The scheme was closed for new applicants on 4 Oct 2018, but we will continue accepting them from parents who are already receiving them, so you can still use them if you were signed up before that date. As long as you are working for the same employer, and it still offers them, you can continue to get childcare vouchers.

In a nutshell, if you give up £1000 of your gross salary, which is actually worth approx £700 in your pocket, you will get £1000 worth of vouchers to use here with us at Kip McGrath Walkden, so you will actually be about £300 better off.

Tax-free childcare is a recent initiative from the Government, which gives eligible families up to £2,000 free per child towards childcare costs. It was designed to replace the Childcare Vouchers Scheme and launched in April 2017.

The scheme will be available for children under the age of 12, or under 17 for children with disabilities. It gives you up to £2000 per child per year and £4000 if your child has a disability, so eligible families will be able to receive 20% of their childcare costs. For every £8 you pay in, the Government will pay in £2 to pay for childcare with us at Kip McGrath Walkden.

To learn more about if you are eligible for Tax Free Childcare go to https://www.gov.uk/get-tax-free-childcare.

You may be able to claim back up to 70% of childcare costs if you are eligible for Universal Credit.
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You may be able to claim back up to 70% of childcare costs if you are eligible for Universal Credit.
To learn more click here.

It is possible to check what help you could get with child care costs by using the online calculator from GOV.UK. To use the calculator, click here.