{"id":2495,"date":"2019-07-22T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2019-07-22T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:20:53","slug":"grandparents-looking-after-grandchildren-help-with-state-pension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/grandparents-looking-after-grandchildren-help-with-state-pension\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandparents looking after grandchildren \u2013 help with state pension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our recommended partners at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.payrollfornannies.co.uk\/\">www.PayrollForNannies.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 provide payroll advice for parents and have created this content.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of grandparents caring for their grandchildren over the summer holidays could be missing out on the chance to boost their future State Pension.<\/p>\n<p>Many working-age grandmothers and fathers could qualify for Class 3 National Insurance credits for looking after children aged under 12 \u2013 which can be used to top up their income in retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Half of Britain\u2019s 7 million working-age grandparents have a grandchild under the age of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for\u00a0NI\u00a0credits for caring for children under 12 need to be made to HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) and must be signed by both the adult carer and the Child Benefit recipient. Applications need to be made after 31 October following the end of the tax year in which the caring took place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/public-online.hmrc.gov.uk\/lc\/content\/xfaforms\/profiles\/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:\/\/\/Applications\/NICs_iForms\/1.0&amp;template=CA9176_en_0.5.xdp\">https:\/\/public-online.hmrc.gov.uk\/lc\/content\/xfaforms\/profiles\/forms.html?contentRoot=repository:\/\/\/Applications\/NICs_iForms\/1.0&amp;template=CA9176_en_0.5.xdp<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LOGO-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LOGO-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LOGO-2.png 788w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LOGO-2-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LOGO-2-768x781.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our recommended partners at&#49824;www.PayrollForNannies.co.uk&#49824; provide payroll advice for parents and have created this content. Thousands of grandparents caring for their grandchildren over the summer holidays could be missing out on the chance to boost their future State Pension. Many working-age grandmothers and fathers could qualify for Class 3 National Insurance credits for looking after children &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/grandparents-looking-after-grandchildren-help-with-state-pension\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grandparents looking after grandchildren \u2013 help with state pension&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,12,19],"tags":[50,89,100,378,384],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childcare","category-grandparents","category-hmrc","category-parents","tag-babysitting","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-parents","tag-payroll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}