Anyone who is currently signed up the Childcare Voucher scheme through their employer, and who has made at least one salary sacrifice payment into their account in the previous 52 weeks, can continue to use Childcare Vouchers to help them to pay for their childcare, for as long as they are eligible. However, the Government closed the Childcare Voucher scheme to new entrants in October , so it is not now possible to join the scheme. If an employee wants to make changes to their sacrifice arrangement, their contract of employment must be altered with each change.
Parents should submit their request to change their salary sacrifice amount to their employer using their online Childcare Voucher account, eVouchers. You can discuss this with your employer. For more information on how the Childcare Voucher scheme operates, you can download our Employee Guide to Salary Sacrifice and our Employee Terms and Conditions guides here.
If you have any questions about childcare, childcare costs and the best form of support available to you now that Childcare Vouchers are no longer open to new entrants you can call our Family Benefits Advice Service on or email hello employersforchildcare.
Chris Briggs from Employers For Childcare's Family Benefits Advice Service explains how both employers and their employees can maximise the financial savings they make through the Childcare Voucher scheme by 'backdating'. If your employer wants to provide you with Childcare Vouchers you can pay for them as part of your wages. You sacrifice part of your wages in return for a similar value in vouchers. Before you can start benefiting from Childcare Vouchers, your employment contract will need to be updated with the inclusion of a signed agreement, which confirms your acceptance of the salary sacrifice.
Our Salary sacrifice guide will provide you with more detailed information. The amount of WTC award depends on a number of factors including the number of hours you work, how many children you may have and whether you pay any eligible childcare costs. Will you be better off accepting Childcare Vouchers in return for a salary sacrifice or claiming tax credit help towards your childcare costs?
Are you eligible for Childcare Vouchers? Childcare Vouchers allow you to avoid paying national insurance and income tax on the proportion of your income that is spent on childcare. Since October you cannot make a new claim for Childcare Vouchers. You need to apply for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme instead. It is not possible to use both schemes at the same time and if you have a partner, you and your partner must both use the same scheme.
If you or your partner already get childcare vouchers, you can continue receiving vouchers as long as:.
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