Childcare vouchers

A question about : Childcare vouchers

Hi I wondered if someone could help us out I'm not sure how the Childcare vouchers work.
We are in a couple, both work, and have a 1 yr old child, don't qualify for tax credits. How do the vouchers work? We both work for companies which can offer vouchers so can we both claim them? How do we make double savings? We are hoping to send child to nursery which will be Ј72 per week. So do we just claim vouchers each for half the cost per week? So each get Ј36 per week/ Ј144 per month? Totally confused! Thanks.

Best answers:

• The way it normally works is that you are given vouchers as part of a salary sacrifice scheme but this isn't essential.
  If you're both basic rate payers then you can get the full amount (can't remember the exact amount, it's around Ј250 a month) which your childcare provider should be able to accept as payment - best to check with them.
  You can save vouchers up I believe - I'm not sure they expire.