Stop childcare payments
You need to let us know if you're no longer eligible for childcare. Get in touch straight away so we can stop the payments.
Reasons for stopping payments
Your childcare payments need to stop:
- the day after your job or course ends if your children are at school
- if your income is above the income limit
- after 12 weeks if you stop work temporarily because you have a health condition or are injured
- when your child reaches the age limit for the subsidy - 5 for pre-school (or 6 if you're getting a Child Disability Allowance) or 14 for school (or 18 if you're getting a Child Disability Allowance)
- when your child leaves the provider or programme
- if your child leaves your care
- if your child attends childcare for fewer than 3 hours a week
- if you leave NZ permanently.