There are a variety of schemes offering help towards the costs of childcare. Some of the schemes interact with each other and you can combine them, whereas other schemes can only be claimed on their own.

Tax-free childcare can be used to pay for most types of childcare that is provided by a registered or approved provider.

You pay money into the online childcare account and the government adds money to the account (called a top-up). You can then use the account to pay for your childcare, providing your childcare provider is registered to accept payments from the scheme.

Tax-free childcare provides a Government contribution to help with the costs of childcare for working families in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who meet certain minimum and maximum earnings rules. You can only use the help through tax-free childcare if the main reason for the ...

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