should a lone parent working fulltime as a teacher get some of her childcare paid??

[J2O]

bfs mum has a 18 old dd in full time nursery, paying @£600 a month in childcare, she works full time as a primary school teacher and is a lone parent, surely she should be getting a percentage of the childcare costs paid?

[GoatisLOLing]

she should be getting taxcredits but i doubt v. much it that is enough.

[J2O]

dont tax credits pay 80% or something? or could she be earning too much?

[Flibbertyjibbet]

I was told over £30k per year income you don't qualify for tax credits towards childcare costs.

But then I was told that by the tax credits people so it may be wrong

[Romy7]

we don't get anything for childcare with tax credits - there is an earnings limit but don't know what it is...
she should be using childcare vouchers though - that would be a start.

[J2O]

childcare vochers as in the ones where you don't get taxed for them?

[J2O]

vouchers also, i think she earns less thn 30K

[Romy7]

yes - as a local authority employee they should have a scheme i think...

[J2O]

thats what i thought, thanks i will tell him to tell her

[aiden]

she should definitely call the tax credit people because the eligibilty for the childcare element is higher for lone parents. i doubt very much that she won't get anything.

[J2O]

thanks for that aiden, i will do