Eligibility
Employers must offer childcare vouchers to all employees and both male and female employees should be able to participate in the scheme.
Eligibility conditions
To be exempt from tax and NI for childcare vouchers:
- Your child must be under 15 (until 1st September following their 15th birthday) or if your child is disabled, under 16 (until 1st September following their 16th birthday)
- You must have parental responsibility for the child - the child must be your child, your stepchild or a child for whom you have parental responsibility
- The childcare must be 'registered' or 'approved'
Please note: although childcare vouchers are beneficial to the majority, they aren't always a financially sensible option and tax credits can be affected.
Find out more about Salary Sacrifice, Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits
Find out more
If you are interested in joing our childcare voucher scheme there are a number of ways we can help:
Savings Calculator and Tax Credit Estimator to find out how using vouchers will affect you
Parent FAQs answering common queries
Salary sacrifice guide explaining the benefits and process