Universal Credit or Tax Free Childcare Vouchers 31 January at 9:05PM in Benefits & tax credits 1 reply 69 views

HappyDayz7

I currently use the Tax Free Child Care account to pay for my nursery fees. However I've worked out I'm better off if I apply for Universal Credit. The problem is my wage fluctuates so I'm not always necessarily entitled to UC. 
My question is can you swap between Tax Free Childcare and UC on a monthly basis if UC is £0?
Thanks

calcotti

Even you have no entitlement to be paid anything in a particular month you will still be a UC claimant so excluded from tax free childcare.