HMRC Tax Credits 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELP WITH CHILDCARE COSTS - DO YOU QUALIFY FOR EXTRA TAX CREDITS?

When joining our nursery you may be able to get tax credits to help with the costs.  Your tax credit payments are based on your current personal circumstances, such as whether you work, how any children you have and your annual income. The lower your income, the more tax credits you can get.

 

 

What tax credits payments can you get?

When the Tax Credit Office works out your tax credits, they look at what they call the tax credits 'elements' (or payments) that you're entitled to. The elements are based on whether you have children or not, and if you work, the hours you do. You can claim as soon as you start paying childcare costs and only for the amounts that are actually paid by you.

 

 

Who can qualify?

 

You're a lone parent

If you're a single parent you must work 16 hours or more a week to claim help with childcare costs.

 

You're part of a couple

Generally you and your partner must both work 16 hours or more a week to claim help. Only one of you has to work 16 hours or more if one of you is:

 

You're on maternity, paternity or adoption leave

You can claim tax credits to help with childcare costs if immediately before you went on leave you were working 16 hours or more and any of the following apply:

• you get maternity allowance
• you're on ordinary maternity or adoption leave
• you're in the first 13 weeks of additional maternity or adoption leave

You can also claim help with childcare costs for the two weeks you are on paternity leave.

 

To see what your entitlement is phone:

 

0945 300 3900

 

Opening hours:  8.00 am to 8.00 pm, Monday to Friday

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day

 

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Tax Credit Office

Preston

PR1 0SB

 

for more information visit:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/payments-entitlement/entitlement/how-worked-out.htm