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Working Tax Credit: childcare element WTC5/CP

Use this factsheet if you provide childcare for parents claiming help through tax credits.

Updates to this page

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
2 April 2014
Last updated:
6 April 2022
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  1. Rates, allowances and duties have been updated for the tax year 2022 to 2023.

  2. 2021 to 2022 version of the factsheet added to the page.

  3. 2020 to 2021 version of the factsheet added to the page.

  4. 2019 to 2020 version of the factsheet added to the page.

  5. 2018 to 2019 version of the factsheet added to the page.

  6. Rates, allowances and duties have been updated for the tax year 2017 to 2018.

  7. New PDF available

  8. The 2015 to 2016 form has been added to this page.

  9. First published.

This publication was withdrawn on

This page has been withdrawn as Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits are no longer available for new claims.

Tax credits ended on 5 April 2025.

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Working Tax Credit: childcare element WTC5/CP

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You could be providing childcare for parents claiming help for childcare costs through tax credits (the childcare element of Working Tax Credit). This factsheet tells you more about what you need to know and how tax credits can help you as a childcare provider.

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