Log Local Authority funding payments, review your annual income and expense breakdown, and understand your projected tax liability.
The Finance dashboard gives you three tools that sit alongside invoicing: a way to log income that doesn't come from parent invoices, a year-at-a-glance summary you can slice by tax or calendar year, and a live tax estimate so you're never caught off guard at self-assessment time.
Use this to record payments that arrive outside the invoicing flow — Local Authority funding instalments, grants, and similar.
15-hour funded place — November.Manual income entries appear in your year-end summary and alongside invoice income in your Making Tax Digital submissions — so your totals always reflect your full earnings, not just what parents have paid.
The Year Overview gives you a 12-month breakdown of income and expenses in one view.
The tax year runs April to March and is the period HMRC uses for self-assessment. The calendar year runs January to December. Most childminders use the tax year view for self-assessment preparation, and the calendar year view for a quick sense of how the current year is going.
The tax estimate is not a separate screen — your projected tax figure appears directly on the Finance dashboard alongside your net income. You don't need to navigate anywhere to see it.
This figure is an estimate based on your income recorded in KinderStart and standard tax-free allowances. It does not account for all reliefs, deductions, or changes in your personal circumstances. Always confirm your final tax liability with an accountant or directly with HMRC before submitting your self-assessment.
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