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<p>Whereas currently around 600,000 families are in receipt of childcare vouchers,
we estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for Tax-free
Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Parents in receipt of childcare vouchers will be able to
continue to claim vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst
they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them.</p><p>
</p><p>If they switch employer, they will be eligible for Tax-free childcare if they
have a child under the age of 12 and they and their partner, if they have one, each
earn at least the equivalent of the National Living Wage for 16 hours a week and no
more than £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how many parents
in receipt of vouchers are expected to switch employers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 January
2018, the helpline had received 769,015 calls from parents.</p>
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