This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Please read our policies for more information.

10 Chartered Accountants

News

Could you benefit from Tax-Free Childcare?
08 May 2017

Last month saw a scheme which has the potential to offer major savings on childcare costs start to be phased in.

Tax-Free Childcare will be open to working families – defined as couples or individuals who are each expected to earn on average at least £120 per week – including self-employed workers.

Under the scheme, for every £8 a person pays towards childcare costs the Government will add a top-up of £2, up to an annual limit of £2,000 per child aged up to 11, or 16 if they are disabled.

This additional tax-free boost, which becomes available from 28 April for children under two before being phased in over the next year for older children, can be used to help pay for registered childminders, nurseries, nannies, after school clubs, registered schools and home care workers for a registered home care agency.

Families where one partner is expected to earn more than £100,000 per annum are not eligible.

Link: Tax Free Childcare goes live

Other recent news

The cybercriminals are coming – Is your business ready?
20 August 2025

In today’s interconnected world, cyber‑risk has gone from a simple…
Read more

How can AI deliver unexpected savings within your business?
20 August 2025

Many business owners assume artificial intelligence (AI) is only relevant…
Read more

Should I be worrying about the size of my pension? IHT reform raises questions about this tax-efficient investment
20 August 2025

For a long time, pensions have offered a tax-efficient way…
Read more

Unlocking growth: Grant funding
20 August 2025

Grants are available to businesses in a wide variety of…
Read more

Wage growth slows and unemployment rises – What this may mean for your business in months to come
20 August 2025

The UK unemployment rate has increased to 4.7 per cent…
Read more

»

Case Studies