Tax credits- childcare help please?

michellen34

I've never heard of them?? lol , really new to all this. thank you for the link though

michellen34

Is there a way to check my company is involved (if i've picked this up right?) It's a charity i work for (relate) and my area manager has never mentioned these and she knows i will be using childcare. If not is there any other way around this? I'm only on a work trial at the moment (ends on Monday) and I'm 95% sure i'm going to be taken on, but she insists i am reliable and able to work when needed, i don't want to lose this job because of childcare problems, any help would be great??

alwaysonthego_2

michellen34 wrote: »

Is there a way to check my company is involved (if i've picked this up right?) It's a charity i work for (relate) and my area manager has never mentioned these and she knows i will be using childcare. If not is there any other way around this? I'm only on a work trial at the moment (ends on Monday) and I'm 95% sure i'm going to be taken on, but she insists i am reliable and able to work when needed, i don't want to lose this job because of childcare problems, any help would be great??

I am not the right person to ask as I have no expertise in the child voucher area, hopefully someone will be along shortly.

Not all businesses participate in the scheme or are aware of them.

michellen34

No problem and thank you for your help

Valli

michellen34 wrote: »

Hi Valli!

Can you remember you helped me on interviews etc for charity shop manager?
Yeah I'm on a work trial at the mo, but expect to be taken on next week, I hate it there! really awful manager, no breaks etc, but it's a job and it gets me off IS, YEY!!
I have the registration numbers already x

yes I do remember - it's why I dropped in here when I spotted your name. I used to only need childcare during term time so me and the CTC people worked out what I would pay over 39 weeks (I think) ie £10 per week = £390 then divided by 52 to get my AVERAGE childcare costs...which on those figures would be £7.50 per week. (I only needed it one day a week. HTH
What I would do is give them a basic figure then save all your receipts at the end of the year total them and divide by 52 to get average.
Pleased you got something!

surreysaver

alwaysonthego wrote: »

:rotfl:Sorry don't mean to laugh I think you mean Busy Bees, though would be a good name for them.

They are childcare vouchers, it is not my area of expertise so I have included a link. http://www.busybeesvouchers.com/

Busy Bees are absolute carp. They are useless.

BeenieCat

I would have thought the jobcentre would give you a form to apply for childcare costs while on a work trial. When you're actually employed and earning then you'd be informing tax creds.

Also regarding the overtime, i don't know the exact figure but tax credits say if your childcare costs increase or decrease by £10 in any week to inform them straight away and they adjust as needed (might not be £10 it just rings a bell!).

surreysaver

And I think you do not have to inform them if your earnings change unless they change by more than £25,000 a year.

craig_dufc

For the childcare costs, if it changes by less than £10 a week dont inform tax credits as they cannot make the change

If increases by more than £10 tell them, as your entitlement may increase

Also its important to tell them changes of income, most people do not realise but from April until the time you renew your claim is based on the estimate they hold for you (IE you've just done your 08-09 renewal, they ask for CY Est income and u say £20k, at end of year you've earned...£23k) then you'd have been overpaid between april and whenever u do your renewal

surreysaver

craig_dufc wrote: »

For the childcare costs, if it changes by less than £10 a week dont inform tax credits as they cannot make the change

If increases by more than £10 tell them, as your entitlement may increase

But what if it changes by £5, then six months later another £5?