by MAS | Jul 15, 2019 | childcare, HMRC, tax free childcare
As the summer holidays loom, HMRC is reminding working parents that they can apply for tax-free childcare worth up to £2,000 per child per year to pay towards regulated holiday clubs during the school holidays Parents can choose from more than 68,000 childcare...
by MAS | Jul 3, 2019 | childcare, tax free childcare
Working parents of three and four-year-olds in England can be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year. The eligibility criteria are similar to tax-free childcare (ie, earning at least the national minimum wage or the national living...
by MAS | May 8, 2019 | childcare, HMRC, Tax, tax free childcare
The substantial increase in the higher rate threshold to £50,000 is good news for many taxpayers. However, that same figure is the point at which child benefit starts being clawed back and there has been no increase in that threshold since the High Income Child...
by MAS | Feb 6, 2019 | childcare, Tax
Public health experts have called for the government to introduce a so-called ‘pudding tax’ in order to help tackle high rates of sugar consumption amongst children. The calls for the introduction of a pudding tax come following the recent publication of...
