Make Childcare a Tax-Deductible Expense for Small Business Owners

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Make Childcare a Tax-Deductible Expense for Small Business Owners

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In the UK childcare cannot be classed as a tax-deductible expense. This holds many small businesses back from growth, particularly those owned by women.

Millions of businesses could generate higher revenue with adequate childcare.

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Parents pay an average of over £6,600 per year for a part-time nursery place, which is often insufficient hours for a small business owner.

There were 5.7 million SMEs in the UK in 2018, that’s over 99% of all businesses.

In many families it doesn’t make financial sense for both parents to work. Making childcare a tax-deductible expense would help to ease the pressure created by childcare costs, and be particularly beneficial for SMEs run by women who often shoulder the majority of childcare.

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