yup - you opt for child care benefit at zero rate and child care rebate direct to centre

if you do this, you will get the entire ccr paid to the centre (50%) instead of having some witheld for tax time. if you are entitled to ccb at the end fo the year, you will have any ccr you have been overpaid (direct to the centre) deducted from the ccb top up

this is something often suggested as it's much easier to manage knowing your bill is halved, rather than trying to estimate
I'm so confused now I've been given now 2 differings lots of information from 2 ph operators....
When I called CL and asked the questioin....

My childcare cost are $68 p/d.
If I claim a zero % CCB, can I have the 50% CCR paid direct to the centre and put in a claim for any CCB I may have been entitled to at the end of the financial year. So effectively, each week I would be out of pocket $34. I was told, yes I can do this. Great!

So come today, I have trouble with on-line services and call CL to be told NO, you can't do, CL will only pay the 35% of the CCR to the centre through out the year and keep the rest until the end of the financial year. Not so great...
Now I don't know what to do.... I don't know the formula they use to work this out, now i'm concerned that based on the 2nd lot of info, I won't be able to afford CC. I'm so confused..
If I claim the CCB through the year and have the CCR paid to the centre, it's still doesn't work out....

ARGH! GRRR