Here are some of our most Frequently Asked Questions about Childcare Vouchers, which are now closed to new entrants. If you have any questions regarding Childcare Vouchers, or the closure of the scheme to new entrants, that are not answered here, please contact us directly on and we will be pleased to offer free, impartial and confidential advice. You can continue to receive Childcare Vouchers as long as you remain eligible see above.
If you leave the scheme, or are no longer eligible, you will still be able to use any Childcare Vouchers in your account to pay for registered childcare. If you move to a new employer you will be treated as a new entrant, therefore you will no longer be entitled to receive Childcare Vouchers through your new employer, however you will still be able to use any Childcare Vouchers that are in your account to pay for registered childcare.
If you have a balance of Childcare Vouchers when you are leaving your employer, it is your responsibility to check with your employer if these can be returned to you through your payroll. The amount you can salary sacrifice — ie pay into — your Childcare Voucher account depends on your income tax rate:. If an employee wants to make changes to their sacrifice arrangement, their contract of employment must be altered with each change. Alternatively, if the error message appears, confirm you are not receiving Childcare Vouchers to proceed, then return to your account later to correct that you are receiving them.
Childcare Vouchers can be used to pay for the care of children up to the age of 15 or 16 if they are disabled, including:. You can use your Childcare Vouchers to pay more than one carer if you wish. The only condition is that your carer s will need to be registered with or approved by the appropriate body. It is likely your chosen carer s has previously been paid with Edenred Childcare Vouchers and is already affiliated to the network.
Simply ask them for their Edenred Account Number which you will need to transfer electronic vouchers to them online. Your carer will then be paid automatically by Edenred each time you make a transfer. If they have not been paid with Edenred Childcare Vouchers before, they can affiliate online here. Care provided by the governing body of a school is approved if it takes place:. This means that in terms of private education this would only apply to children under 5 end of first term following 5th birthday.
If the child is between 5 and 15 or 16 years old if they are disabled , all of the following must apply:. As your Childcare Vouchers are not tied to a particular carer, you simply need to ask your new carer for their Edenred account number, or ask them to affiliate with us if they have not accepted Edenred Childcare Vouchers before.
Once you have their Edenred account number you can arrange payment via your online account as you did with any previous carers. If you have a standing order set up to go to your old carer, you should delete it. The date on which you receive vouchers is set by your employer each time they place an order for you, so you should contact them directly with any queries of this nature.
Whether you can receive a salary alternative to vouchers you have accrued will depend on the conditions of the scheme determined by your employer in the agreement you signed up to.
Please consult those conditions and discuss them with your employer if necessary. However, as Childcare Vouchers can be used for out of school and holiday clubs for children up to the age of 15, you may well be able to get further use of any vouchers you have built up. If you receive the childcare element of working tax credits, which provides specific support related to childcare costs, this will in most cases be affected, as the value of Childcare Vouchers you receive will reduce the value of the qualifying childcare costs you can claim in tax credits.
This is something you should speak to your employer about. There is an expiry date printed on paper Childcare Vouchers, this is for internal auditing purposes only. Parents can always use their vouchers beyond this date to pay for approved childcare and Edenred will always honour such vouchers. Electronic Childcare Vouchers do not expire; however, your employer may have additional conditions on usage if you leave their employment.
Joining a salary sacrifice scheme to receive Childcare Vouchers reduces your cash pay and the level of income tax and National Insurance Contributions NICs. As your entitlement to some statutory benefits is based on the amount you earn and your NICs, your current or future entitlement to contributions-based, earnings related or income-related benefits may be affected.
Childcare Vouchers can only be used to pay for registered childcare. This helps working parents to make a saving on what they pay for their childcare. In most cases, employees manage their Childcare Vouchers through an online account, which they use to pay their childcare provider electronically.
Employers also save money by providing Childcare Vouchers to their employees as they do not pay the From this saving, most employers pay a Childcare Voucher company, like Employers For Childcare, a small fee to administer the Childcare Voucher scheme on their behalf.
The increase will be paid by employees, the self-employed and by employers. As a result of this increase to National Insurance Contributions, parents who are currently in receipt of Childcare Vouchers will make an additional saving towards their registered childcare costs from The Government closed the Childcare Voucher scheme to new entrants in October , but those parents who were already using the scheme can continue to do so as long as they remain eligible.
This means they must:. Employers For Childcare is one of a number of Childcare Voucher companies operating in the UK, but is the only Social Enterprise which provides this service.
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