{"id":2137,"date":"2017-02-20T13:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.certaxlondon.co.uk\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2017-06-22T12:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:47:48","slug":"tax-free-childcare-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/tax-free-childcare-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Free Childcare 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tax credits are made up of Childcare Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC), both which a member in a couple or single can claim based on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disabilities<\/li>\n<li>Income<\/li>\n<li>Age<\/li>\n<li>Number and age of children<\/li>\n<li>Hours worked<\/li>\n<li>Childcare costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tax credits supports families when they need it. They help provide support to parents returning to work, reduce child poverty and help financial support for families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_574840807-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_574840807-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tax-Free Childcare\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_574840807-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/staging.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_574840807-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_574840807-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.certaxlondon.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_574840807-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Child Tax Credit (CTC):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Income related support for children aged 16-19 who are in full time non-advanced education, payable to the main carer or into a single tax credit.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disability and Severe disability:<\/em> for each child, the claimant gets Disability Living Allowance for the child.<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Responsible for one or more children.<\/p>\n<p><em>Child<\/em>: paid for each child that the claimant is responsible for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Working Tax Credit(WTC):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provides support for people on low income.<\/p>\n<p><em>30 hour<\/em>: for individuals who work 30 hours a week, couples where one person who works 30 hours or has a child that can work 30 hours between them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Childcare<\/em>: single people or couples who works 16 hours a week and spend money on the registered childcare.<\/p>\n<p><em>Severe Disability<\/em>: who are receipt of Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance at the highest rate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disability<\/em>: people who work 16 hours a week and that their disability puts a disadvantage on them to getting a job and that is receiving qualifying sickness or disability related.<\/p>\n<p>Some out-of-work families with children do not receive CTC but they receive the same amount by child and related allowances in Income Support or Income-based Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax credits are made up of Childcare Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC), both which a member in a couple or single can claim based on: Disabilities Income Age Number and age of children Hours worked Childcare costs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tax"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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