Opt in for childcare

PARENTS who want to keep their childcare costs as low as possible have three months to fill in an online form if they want to keep receiving government subsidies on their fees.

The new system of taxpayer subsidies starts from July 2 but the 1.2 million families now receiving the Child Care Benefit, Child Care Rebate or other help with paying fees will not be automatically rolled over.

To make sure they stay in the new system, parents must fill in a form via their online Centrelink account through myGov between now and July.