Sorry, it's a MIL one.
MIL seems to think we are entitled to benefits and keeps on at us that we are losing out and how we need to get it sorted.
We have 1 DC, in nursery 3 days per week. DH and I pay for this ourselves and we use our employer's childcare vouchers to enable us to cover most of the costs before tax.
The only thing we claim is the child benefit amount of £20.70 per week.
Our combined gross income before tax is just over £40,000. I have used all the online calculators to check if we are eligible for anything else but we earn too much to be eligible.
MIL says we are entitled to have our childcare costs paid for (!) or receive something like £300 a month. Where is she getting this info from? She won't stop talking about it and even though I've explained we're not eligible she is insistent.
I wouldn't claim anyway - we earn enough and are happy as we are.
She has another DIL who does claim more but that is for a reason and their family circumstances mean they need it, but I think MIL has got confused and thinks it's another blanket benefit (like child benefit) that we should be getting.
Am I missing something?!
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ShowMePotatoSalad · 04/02/2017 09:25
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