Sign up to Tax-Free Childcare if you鈥檙e a childcare provider
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using Tax-Free Childcare.
Who can sign up
There鈥檚 a different way to apply for Tax-Free childcare if you鈥檙e a parent.
If you鈥檝e already signed up to Tax-Free Childcare you can sign in to your childcare provider account.
If you鈥檙e an approved or registered childcare provider, you can sign up to get a childcare provider account. This allows you to set up your bank account details and receive payments from parents who use Tax-Free Childcare.
What you鈥檒l need
To sign up you should be the main contact for your business. You鈥檒l be able to set up a 鈥榙elegate鈥� to manage your account for you during the process.
You鈥檒l need your:
- 11-digit user ID from your sign up to Tax-Free Childcare registration letter 鈥� if you did not receive a letter or have lost your user ID, contact the Childcare Service helpline
- bank account details
- business postcode (the one registered with your regulator, for example Ofsted)
Sign up
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Use the online service to sign up to Tax-free Childcare.
After you sign up
You鈥檒l need your user ID and password to sign in to your childcare provider account. You must update your details on your account to allow parents who use Tax-Free Childcare to pay you.
You can still accept payments from parents using childcare vouchers. Parents cannot use both childcare vouchers and Tax-Free Childcare to pay for childcare.
You can read more in the sign in to your childcare provider account guidance about:聽
- receiving payments from parents
- refunding parents
- updating your details聽
- nominating a delegate聽
Updates to this page
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Welsh translation added.
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Information on where to find your user ID has been added.
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This page has been updated with more information about what you'll need to sign up.
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