Question re Working Tax and Childcare Vouchers

sunshine_1988

Hello

Just wondering if someone can help me with a question please...

Myself and my partner both work, we have a 2 year old son who currently attends nursery 3 days per week. I claim the maximum £243 in vouchers through my employer.

Due to a family arrangement not working out, we will be putting him in nursery for 4 days a week from next month. It will be tight for us and I had a quick google to see if we could get any help.

I know working tax credits go off the previous years income, which for us was a bit lower as I had a promotion in November so was earning a bit less before then.

I have been onto the calculator, and can't workout what figure I need to put in....I was only doing an estimate to see if we would be entitled.

So, from my gross pay, do I need to take off my childcare vouchers for the year (whatever the max amount is per year) and then on the weekly childcare costs, do i need to take off £55 per week also? Or, because my childcare vouchers are taken off before I get taxed, can I leave my gross as it curently is, and just put the weekly childcare costs as minus £55?

Totally lost, and don't want to waste my time putting a claim in if we shouldn't be.

Also, would my OH just be better waiting until the new government tax thing comes into force for childcare?

Thanks for anyones help in advance!!!

sunshine_1988

blondebubbles wrote: »

With regards to declaring childcare costs you declare the amount that isn't covered by vouchers.

As far as I can remember your salary sacrifice will have already been taken into account in your "taxable pay" as this should be less than your "gross pay" so you do not need to make any further deductions.

Thank you for your response. Worked out about 26pounds per month on the estimate, better than nothing!