Hoping someone can help with this. I'm trying to claim for universal credit for the first time. Currently pay for childcare via the tax free childcare account. I know you can't use both but if I've paid using that this month what figure do I put on the claim? If I don't put any childcare costs down I don't think we would be eligible. Do I have to wait to start a claim until next month and just pay childcare directly? If I do this and we aren't eligible for anything then I've ended up paying more. I don't want to claim twice but I can't see any guidance on transitioning between the 2 systems. I also have one child who has just started nursery this money but we haven't been billed for that yet.
It's such a confusing process.