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Updated on 6 April 2026

Tax-free childcare: interaction with other schemes

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.

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Updated on 6 April 2026

Tax-free childcare: how much is it?

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.

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Updated on 6 April 2026

Tax-free childcare: who is it for?

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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Updated on 11 May 2026

Winter fuel payment charge

From tax year 2025/26 the government have introduced a tax charge to take back the annual winter fuel payment or pension age winter heating payment from some recipients. Here we set out who is affected and how HMRC collect the payment.  

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