Get Tax-Free Childcare: step by step

Check if you鈥檙e eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.

  1. Step 1 Check you're eligible

    1. Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare
    2. Find out what types of childcare you can use

  2. Step 2 Check if you'll be better off

    You (and your partner, if you have one) will have to cancel your Universal Credit and childcare vouchers if you successfully apply for Tax-Free Childcare.

    Before you apply, check if it's the right option for you.

    1. Check if you'll be better off

  3. Step 3 Apply for Tax-Free Childcare

    There's one application for Tax-Free Childcare and free childcare if you're working. As part of your application, you will find out if you can get both.

    1. Apply online for Tax-Free Childcare

    If you're eligible you'll get a childcare account. You can use this to pay your childcare provider.

  4. Step 4 Sign in to your account to pay your childcare provider

    1. Sign in to your childcare account

  5. and Reconfirm your details every 3 months

    You must confirm your details are up to date every 3 months.

    1. Sign in to your childcare account to confirm your details