Who pays what for childcare

cottonhead

I think your offer is very fair. You are both the childs parents and if she needs care for a legitimate reason is seems only right to go halves. If this is a new expense ontop of what the support money goes on then I think you should pay but not more than half. Why shouldnt she pay ? ! I cant think of a reason.......

Spendless

rambo29 wrote: »

Sorry my appologies on information given but its only 14hrs she would be working.

In which case she won't get help via tax credits and though you'd be better off asking in the benefit forum for up-to date advice, it used to be the case that if you were on Income Support you could only keep a small amount of your wages (£20p.w if single parent??) so I can see why she's asked you for the childcare costs.:cool: Depends on how much you are paying in maintainance I suppose.

jellyhead

How old is your daughter, does she go to school? If so the Friday childcare won't be a full day, so perhaps you can afford it (if you want to, that is!).

If she is in nursery then she'll be entitled to some funding towards that, so find out if she can use her funding allowance all day Friday. Some people seem to go every morning or afternoon while others get 2 full days or whatever. It probably depends on the nursery.

If the job is less than 16 hours and is something your ex will only gain £20 p/w by doing then I think it's great that you're offering to help with the childcare costs and let her get some employment experience

themull1

if i was paying over the going rate for childcare, i wouldn;t be paying any more just because my ex partner needed more childcare. i don't think my ex would do that for me either!

FatVonD

kilasuit wrote: »

A suggestion

Is the total childcare more or less that what you are already paying + the half you have offered?

If its more but by not alot could you not request for the bill for childcare and suggest that as your new agreement?

This ^ plus does your employer offer a childcare voucher scheme? Depending on how much you earn (ie if you are a 40% tax rate payer) your half could be a 90% contribution without costing you any more if it's taken pre tax.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Surely any money Mum earns is going towards the OP's child in one wy or another?

So is a Very Good Thing?



Seems like, by paying for the additional childcare, the income received over the period of the job will far exceed simply demanding more maintenance from the OP - so the OP would be helping his child's mother to improve the child's life far more than anything else he has done until now.


So why not?