TFC01050 - Overview and purpose: the purpose and structure of the Tax-Free Childcare Technical Manual

The Tax-Free Childcare Technical Manual is a guide to the law relating to Tax-Free Childcare (from here on referred to as ‘TFC’) and is part of the Childcare Services Technical Manual. This is presented in fifteen main sections:

TFC01000 Overview and purpose
TFC05000 Entitlement
TFC15000 Declarations of eligibility
TFC20000 Entitlement periods
TFC25000 Qualifying childcare
TFC30000 Childcare accounts
TFC35000 Qualifying payments
TFC40000 Termination of tax credit claim
TFC45000 Power to obtain information or documents (information notices)
TFC50000 Recovering top-up payments
TFC55000 Assessment and enforcement of recoverable top-up payments
TFC60000 Penalties
TFC65000 Disqualification orders
TFC70000 Reviews and appeals
TFC75000 Compensatory payments

These sections are in line with the law at the time of writing (July 2023). Other changes to legislation made later in the year, and any appropriate additional sections, will be incorporated at the earliest opportunity. In the interim, reference may need to be made to appropriate Statutory Instruments.