working for a childminder and help with childcare fees

cw18

yes it does

as long as she has them at her house and not yours that is......

luv-my-job

Thanks cw18, I might ask and see what she thinks :beer:

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luv-my-job wrote: »

So a grandparent, aunt etc could look after their grandchild,neice etc so long as it was in their home and not the childs? Is that right? (providing they're a reg childcare provider) and they also look after another unrelated child?

This is correct. The childcare provider is supposed to be showing that they are running a business and this is not just a way of getting extra money from TCO.

cw18

many thanks for confirming my understanding of this was correct. I did seem to confuse the advisor I spoke to for confirmation (young chap), and he was very flustered when he came back to me to admit it appeared I was correct and his initial statement to me that I was wrong had in fact been incorrect

I actually felt quite sorry for him

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It does get complicated! You wouldnt believe the amount of guidance there is!!

Oldernotwiser

cw18 wrote: »

yes it does

as long as she has them at her house and not yours that is......

But she's not actually being paid! I think that what you're suggesting is fraudulent!

luv-my-job

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

But she's not actually being paid! I think that what you're suggesting is fraudulent!

How would it be fraudulent if she became registered and then took this role to become her job? If you read back you'll see that's what was suggested, instead of making unfounded assumptions about fraud :rolleyes:

cw18

If she becomes registered there are a lot of regulations she'd have to abide by, and a lot of paperwork she'd have to do -- plus she'd have to care for at least one other child which we (presumably) doesn't do now. This in my eyes means she's decided to start working -- and if it just so happens that this is in childcare and she offers 2 of the 3 places to family there's nothing wrong with that !!

Oldernotwiser

luv-my-job wrote: »

How would it be fraudulent if she became registered and then took this role to become her job? If you read back you'll see that's what was suggested, instead of making unfounded assumptions about fraud :rolleyes:

I think it's fraudulent because you're not paying her any money. As you say "My sis looks after my 2 during school holidays etc .Money doesn't come into it, as it's family,". You're now trying to get money from the state to pay for something that you're actually getting free. That sounds like fraud to me!

kurjam

have just rang tax credits and they have confirmed as long as i am still paying full childcare and getting paid seperatly from the childminder and obviously doing 16hrs+ a week, then i can still get help with my childcare....:j

if i was working there and the childcare provider gave me free childcare for working there then i could not claim.

i am putting it in writing today to tax credits so they reply to me and i have it in writing just incase this comes back that they have made a mistake.....