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What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
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.
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.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
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.
Find out if you're eligible for free childcare for 2 to 4 year olds.
Sign in and use your childcare provider account if you’ve signed up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments from parents.
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using the scheme.
How to apply for free childcare if you're working.
How to apply and get a code for free childcare for your 2 to 4 year old if you're working.
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
Check if you can get compensation if you’ve been unable to access Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare due to technical issues.
These statistics provide information about families using Tax-Free Childcare.
Ask HMRC to review your Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare application if you disagree with a decision that you are not eligible.
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Families can use Tax-Free Childcare to help pay for their childcare costs.
Working families can save up to £2,000 a year per child on their childcare bills with Tax-Free Childcare.
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