Get Tax-Free Childcare: step by step

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

1. Step 1:

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

2. Step 2:

   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:

   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:

   1. Sign in to your childcare account

5. and

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

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