Childcare tax credits - don't seem to qualify

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According to website it said income up to £50,000 you would qualify for child care help.

DH and I have joint income of about £28,000 yet apparently we don't qualify.

Are there other criteria you have to fulfil? I cannot find anything anywhere that would give reason why we don't!

you should still get child tax credit,but you wont qualify for working tax credit.

i suppose it depends on how much you are paying out for childcare too?

you'll just get minimum child tax credit, about £550 a year or double that if your child is under one.

CTC are payable upto £50,000 so you'll qualify for basic tax credits.

WTC is capped around £17,800 for a couple and the childcare element is capped around £25k.

It was the childcare element that had confused me, I appreciate we don't qualify for WTC.

I only pay childcare in the holidays but during that time its £240 (for both children) a week. I had worked this out over the year (13 weeks hols x £240 a week = £60 a week) which is what I had told them and I think this is why we don't qualify but if I told them it was £240 for the summer we do qualify!

Wondering if I phone up in July then cancel in September whether that is wrong and have to do it as £60 a week. Really confused tbh.

I would ring up in july and tell there is a change in your circumstances and you now pay £240 in childcare, then when summer is over ring back and tell them your circumstances have changed again

I pay £400 per month in childcare and my annual income is over 30k and i still get tax credits towards my childcare, i dont know how they work it out though, it always confuses me, i do know that what you get in tax credits this year is based on what you earned last yr, i earned about 38k last year and still get £74 a month this year