Tax free childcare or vouchers - cant work it out

aj9648

Hi

Can someone help me with this one:

I have a 3 year old at nursery and I get 30 hours free. Her weekly cost is around £60 per week after the free childcare. Normal cost is £50 per day and she goes 3 day a week

I have a 7 year old in breakfast clubs etc and he costs £20 per week

Which would I be better off with - child care vouchers or tax free childcare

I cant work it out !!!!

Darksparkle

https://www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator

aj9648

Thanks

In the calculator where it asks for expected monthly child care costs, is this before the free 30h is applied or expected cost after the 30h is applied?

Darksparkle

The question asks how much you’d spend. So as you don’t pay for free hours, you wouldn’t include them.

aj9648

Ok thanks that’s great