Linking Up Childcare Vouchers

Welcome

Welcome to Linking Up, the only national Childcare Voucher provider created to return all profits to charitable purposes. Our profits will help Children’s Links, a national children’s charity, which is a member of our Group, to deliver services to children, young people, families and communities.

How can your business help children in the community?

Using the Linking Up voucher scheme, you support charitable work and add to your organisation's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities In the Companies Act 2006, it is a director’s duty to report their business's impact on the community. By employing the Linking Up voucher scheme, your company can make a positive contribution to charitable work in the community.

Linking Up has synergies in common with companies and organisations who want to give something back to the community, click here and view what some of our customers say about our service.

Employer's saving on National Insurance

In today's financial environment can you afford not to offer this benefit to help your staff for help with childcare costs? You will pay no employer's NI on the employee's sacrifice equating to a maximum saving around £31 per month per employee. See Employer page for more details.

Employee savings on TAX / NIC

Parents can commit to regular payments up to £243 through salary sacrifice. These payments are exempt from National Insurance contributions (NIC) and Tax. This will make a saving of £1,196.00* pa per parent. No need to get involved with paper vouchers as the E voucher is paid directly to the approved or registered childcare provider’s bank account. Our scheme's costs are offset by the NIC benefit and supports children in our community. See Parent page for more details.

If you would like to participate in the voucher scheme or would simply like to know more, please ring our free phone number on 0800 019 4590 or drop us an email from our contact page.

*based on salary £41k PA.

HM Revenue & Customs - helping you choose

HM Revenue & Customs have put together information to help you decide whether you would be better off receiving tax credits or, instead, taking childcare vouchers from your employer to help you with your childcare costs.


	Latest News!
	Childcare Voucher latest news The Prime Minister outlined plans for childcare vouchers in a letter to Dr Roberta Blackman Woods MP and Ms Fiona Mactaggart MP.He confirmed that all families who currently receive vouchers will continue to get the same support and that tax relief will be retained for any new childcare vouchers that are issued in the future.Additionally, from April 2011, all new recipients of childcare vouchers will get the same income tax relief as basic rate taxpayers do currently in order to ensure that the system does not disproportionately benefit higher rate taxpayers. The Prime Minister wrote to the members of Parliament saying: “I have already made clear that no family currently in receipt of tax relief for their childcare vouchers will see any change in the support they receive. But following our discussions I can now also say that we will retain tax relief for new childcare vouchers issued in the future. However, there still remains a concern that a disproportionate benefit is accruing to higher rate taxpayers. So in order to ensure that this tax relief is given on a fairer basis to all families, we will ensure that all taxpayers get the same income tax relief as basic rate taxpayers do currently. This will take place from April 2011 and will not affect those receiving vouchers issued before that date.” In the letter Gordon Brown said that the government will continue to make progress to provide free part-time nursery places for all two year olds whose parents want them, albeit at a slower rate. What to do now to secure the future for childcare vouchers! If you are a beneficiary of childcare vouchers and want to ensure you keep this benefit please click on the following link and see ways you can support the save our childcare vouchers campaign. www.savechildcarevouchers.org.uk