Childcare Vouchers

[stevep4]

I work for a large UK company with thousands of Employees but they are not part of the childcare voucher schemes.
As a result, I must pay nursery fees from Net earnings, not from gross.

Is there any thing I can put in my self assesment to reclaim the tax? I reckon I am spending about 960 extra per year due to teh tax situation.

[callmeovercautious]

I work in HR and had not heard of them until I became a Mummy. The government does not push them to employers so it is worth asking. Get some info from Busy Bees or other voucher providers and write to HR including the info. Point out the NI saving to the company and stress that it can help any Parent of a Child upto the age of 16 who is in Childcare.

[rookiemum]

Agree with others, get a list together of who would use it, I bet you will have loads of names. They can do manual administration on it so its not hugely time consuming, plus I think they save some money on NI contributions so its worth their while.

[fearscape]

I have worked for 2 small companies where individuals have badgered the finance person into setting up childcare vouchers (and paved the way for me! ). Surely a big company would find it easier to do and there must be lots of people in the same situation as you? If they are being difficult about it maybe you could get support from other parents? I think it actually saves the company money as well because they don't have to pay employer's NI contributions on the money that is taken out for the nursery vouchers.

[anchovies]

No I don't think so however it may be possible to get the childcare equivalent through child tax credits (obv depends on how much you earn, think it's upto around 58K?)

Have you given them the info on the voucher schemes? Savings for them as well as you on NICs.