Parents save money using Childcare Vouchers

Your employer is able to provide childcare vouchers for you as a benefit.

For the 2008/9 tax year the childcare voucher allowance is £55 per week (£243 per month). This amount is Tax And NI free and allows substantial savings of up to £903.96 per annum for a 20% tax payer and £1195.56 for a 40% tax payer. The employer usually takes the value of your voucher off your gross salary before tax, via a salary sacrifice

Childcare Vouchers can be used for a Nanny, Play School, Nursery, Au Pair, Crèche, Pre School...

Childcare vouchers can be used for almost any registered or approved childcare for children aged between 0 - 15 years (16 years if disabled). If you use a day nursery, childminder, nanny, breakfast club, after school club or holiday club or even if you pay for after school activities at a boarding school, to name but a few, you can use childcare vouchers.

Your employer purchases vouchers from Early Years Vouchers Ltd, and normally deducts the cost of the voucher from your gross salary, you then pass the voucher to your carer or arrange an automated payment system to the carer. All payments to the carer are referenced to enable the carer to attach the payments to your account with them. There are no costs involved for the carer.

More Childcare Voucher Help & Advice is available

You will find more information and fact sheets in the Download Centre for you, your employer and your carer and also in the navigation bars above.

The childcare voucher scheme is easy to use, flexible and saves working parents money. Fill in this small form to register your interest in the scheme and we can contact the carer and employer for you. You can also request a call back using the form on the right.