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What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.
How to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.
If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare if you're working, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using the scheme.
Find out if you're eligible for free childcare for 2 to 4 year olds if you live in England - 2 year olds can get 15 hours per week, 3 to 4 year olds 30 hours.
Sign in and use your childcare provider account if you’ve signed up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments from parents.
Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds.
Call HMRC if you need help applying for Tax-Free Childcare, applying for free childcare if you're working or using your online childcare account
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Working families can save up to £2,000 a year per child on their childcare bills with Tax-Free Childcare.
Find out more information on how to get tax-free employer supported childcare.
Families can use Tax-Free Childcare to help pay for their childcare costs.
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