Tax credits childcare do payments stop automatically

georgiasdragons

Sorry probably a silly question. Do payments stop when my youngest starts school? Or will i have to phone and tell them he starts school or will they know already?

Will i lose all of the working tax credit element?
Thanks in advance

Lady_gaga

georgiasdragons wrote: »

Sorry probably a silly question. Do payments stop when my youngest starts school? Or will i have to phone and tell them he starts school or will they know already?

Will i lose all of the working tax credit element?
Thanks in advance

You will need to call them and do a change of circs, if this is your only child all you should lose is the childcare element

georgiasdragons

thanks for your reply, my eldest is already at school.
I guess ill call the day my childcare fees stop.

thanks again

Lady_gaga

you still get it for 4 weeks after her childcare stops

Dontknowanymore

You are supposed to call them the day the child finishes the childcare, they do a 4 week run on.
Why are you still paying for childcare if your child is in school?

Lady_gaga

You have 1 month to tell them about changes to childcare

Dontknowanymore

Lady_gaga wrote: »

You have 1 month to tell them about changes to childcare

You have one month to tell them about any changes but they will backdate the change back to the date the child stopped attending surely? meaning no 4 week run on.
Well they should do.

Lady_gaga

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

You have one month to tell them about any changes but they will backdate the change back to the date the child stopped attending surely? meaning no 4 week run on.
Well they should do.

that is absolutely correct, you get 4 weeks from when the childcare ended. If it takes you 4 weeks to tell them, then in essence it will stop straight away

nottslass_2

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

You are supposed to call them the day the child finishes the childcare, they do a 4 week run on.
Why are you still paying for childcare if your child is in school?

Lots of people still pay for childcare even though their child has started school - unless of course they have a job that's school hours and term time only

georgiasdragons

FYI my youngest starts school September 2012 my eldest is 7 so where did u get the info from that my youngest was already at school ?

AsknAnswer2

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

Why are you still paying for childcare if your child is in school?

Probably because in the grand scheme of things, there are few jobs available that are school hours and term time only, and not many people tend to leave 5 year olds at home alone when they work outwith school hours.

I work office hours 8:30 till 5pm - that still runs out with school hours; in addition I have a commute. Would you suggest that because my children are school age that I can leave them at home without a responsible adult for 1 and 1/2 hours in the morning before school starts and for 3 1/2 hours after school finishes?