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Tax-Free Childcare for children under nine
HM Revenue and Customs has opened Tax-Free Childcare to parents whose youngest child is under nine.
The scheme will open to all remaining eligible families with children under 12 on 14 February 2018.
This means all eligible parents will be able to apply for Tax-Free Childcare before the end of this financial year.
Parents can apply online for Tax-Free Childcare by visiting Childcare Choices. Parents can also access the government’s childcare calculator through Childcare Choices, which helps parents to choose which government childcare support is best for them.
In April 2017 HM Revenue and Customs started rolling out Tax-Free Childcare, which helps working parents with the cost of childcare with up to £2,000 of support per child per year, or £4,000 for disabled children.
Since opening the childcare service, more than 325,000 customers have applied and are now using the service. Of these, over 170,000 have a Tax-Free Childcare account.
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