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Moving from tax free childcare to 30 hours free

Hi

Our son turns 3 in August so we will be getting the 30 hours free childcare from the start of the new September term. He currently goes to nursery 6 hours a week and we just get the tax free childcare at the moment.

How do I go about "upgrading" to 30 hours free? The gov website says I should apply between 15th June - 31st July but I don't want to do anything that will screw up the tax free childcare we get currently.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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  • ZaSa1418
    ZaSa1418 Posts: 651 Forumite
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    You can still use tax free childcare when getting the 30 hours so the application wont mess anything up
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  • ZaSa1418 said:
    You can still use tax free childcare when getting the 30 hours so the application wont mess anything up
    Thanks for the reply.



    I got this message when I tried doing it before, but I guess it should work ok when I come into the reconfirmation period. 
  • ZaSa1418
    ZaSa1418 Posts: 651 Forumite
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    Yeah wait until it is reconfirmation time 
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  • When my kid turned 3 in July last year, we got the 30 hours free code when doing the reconfirmation around the end of April
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