childcare costs

[Jones]

how are you eligible for help with childcare costs? can anyone share there experience RE: how much they got. me n partner work fulltime and 78 hours a week.....thanks phone the revenue and they were not much help,

 

[littlemiss83]

Do you or your partner get any tax credits from the inland revenue just now? If not you would have to apply for tax credits, when applying it asks you if you want to include child care fees as part of your "award" but you would have to have the child registered at the nursery before you get the money. If you get tax credits already all you would have to do is ask them to add it on to your details (when baby comes)

There is an online calculator you can do, you have to estimate alot of the things like how much childcare fees are ect..jst put in the average for your area and how many hours you'll work when you go back to work ect and see what it says here's the link....

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/payments-entitlement/entitlement/question-how-much.htm