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Tax-free childcare extended to children aged up to 12 (5 June 2014)

Date: 05/06/2014
Duncan Lewis, Family Solicitors, Tax-free childcare extended to children aged up to 12

The Queen’s Speech has included plans to extend the government’s tax-free childcare limit of £2,000 to children up to the age of 12.

From September 2015, families will also benefit from cheaper nursery fees under the Childcare Payments Bill.

The existing scheme involving vouchers and employers deducting childcare costs from wages will be scrapped.

A family with two children could save up to £4,000 a year under the proposals, the Daily Mail reports.

The government originally planned for parents with children under the age of five to benefit from the £2,000 childcare tax break.

Each child will be eligible for the £2,000 tax break, with no limit on the number of children up to the age of 12 who will be eligible.

For every £8 in childcare per child a parent pays, the government will contribute 25% of the cost, up to a top limit of £2,000.

To be eligible, at least one parent in a family must be working. Family income must fall within a minimum of £50 per week up to a maximum of £150,000 annual income for any one parent.

The government will also introduce more childcare support for low-income families from this autumn, with some of the poorest working families receiving 15 hours of free childcare per week for children aged two.

Duncan Lewis Childcare Solicitors

Duncan Lewis childcare solicitors can advise on family and children law, including children taken into Local Authority care and care proceedings, child contact and residence following divorce or separation, and housing benefit.

Duncan Lewis childcare solicitors can also advise on child abuse within the home and Court of Protection.

For expert legal advice on childcare and family law under UK law or Islamic law, contact Duncan Lewis childcare solicitors on 020 7923 4020.


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