Childcare Calculator microservice calculates actual childcare costs per different scheme (Tax Credits, Employer Supported Childcare and Tax Free Childcare).

The service will accept a JSON request formatted according to Eligibility Microservice's output with additional fields added which are required for calculation.

• Port Number

  • CC Calculator: 9372

• Method:

  All requests are of type POST

• Sample Input Request for TC:

  {
    "payload": {
      "eligibility": {
        "tc": {
          "taxYears": [
            {
              "from": "2016-09-27T18:46:17",
              "until": "2017-04-06T18:46:17",
              "houseHoldIncome" : 17000.00,
              "periods": [
                {
                  "from": "2016-09-27T18:46:17",
                  "until": "2017-04-06T18:46:17",
                  "householdElements": {
                    "basic": true,
                    "hours30": false,
                    "childcare": true,
                    "loneParent": true,
                    "secondParent": false,
                    "family": true
                  },
                  "claimants": [
                    {
                      "qualifying": true,
                      "isPartner": false,
                      "claimantElements": {
                        "disability": false,
                        "severeDisability": false
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "id": 0,
                      "name": "Adam",
                      "qualifying": true,
                      "childcareCost": 200.00,
                      "childcareCostPeriod": "Month",
                      "childElements": {
                        "child": true,
                        "youngAdult": false,
                        "disability": false,
                        "severeDisability": false,
                        "childcare": true
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "esc": null,
        "tfc": null
      }
    }
  }

• Sample Success Response:

  Code: 200

  Content:

  {
    "calculation": {
     "tc": {
       "from": "2015-09-27T00:00:00",
       "until": "2016-04-06T00:00:00",
       "proRataEnd": "2015-11-06T00:00:00",
       "totalAwardAmount": 2981.94,
       "totalAwardProRataAmount" :621.24,
       "houseHoldAdviceAmount": 0.00,
       "totalHouseHoldAdviceProRataAmount" :0.00,
       "taxYears": [
        {
           "from": "2015-09-27T00:00:00",
           "until": "2016-04-06T00:00:00",
           "proRataEnd": "2015-11-06T00:00:00",
           "taxYearAwardAmount": 2981.94,
           "taxYearAwardProRataAmount" : 621.24,
           "taxYearAdviceAmount": 0.00,
            "taxYearAdviceProRataAmount" : 0.00,
            "periods": [
             {
              "from": "2015-09-27T00:00:00",
              "until":"2015-12-12T00:00:00",
               "periodNetAmount": 2981.94,
               "periodAdviceAmount": 0.00,
               "elements": {
                   "wtcWorkElement": {
                     "netAmount": 93.24,
                     "maximumAmount": 994.08,
                     "taperAmount": 900.84
                   },
                   "wtcChildcareElement": {
                     "netAmount": 702.94,
                     "maximumAmount": 702.94,
                     "taperAmount": 0.00
                   },
                   "ctcIndividualElement": {
                     "netAmount": 2072.52,
                     "maximumAmount": 2072.52,
                     "taperAmount": 0.00
                   },
                   "ctcFamilyElement": {
                     "netAmount": 113.24,
                     "maximumAmount": 113.24,
                     "taperAmount": 0.00
                   }
                 }
             },
             {
               "from": "2015-12-12T00:00:00",
               "until": "2016-04-06T00:00:00",
               "periodNetAmount": 0.00,
               "periodAdviceAmount": 0.00,
               "elements": {
                 "wtcWorkElement": {
                     "netAmount": 0.00,
                     "maximumAmount":  879.28,
                     "taperAmount":  879.28
                   },
                   "wtcChildcareElement": {
                     "netAmount": 0.00,
                     "maximumAmount": 0.00,
                     "taperAmount": 0.00
                   },
                   "ctcIndividualElement": {
                     "netAmount": 0.00,
                     "maximumAmount": 0.00,
                     "taperAmount": 0.00
                     },
                   "ctcFamilyElement": {
                     "maximumAmount": 0.00,
                     "netAmount": 0.00,
                     "taperAmount": 0.00
                   }
                 }
               }
             ]
        }
       ]
     },
     "tfc": null,
     "esc": null
    }
  }

• Example Error Response:

  Code: 400 Content:

    {
      "status": 400,
      "errors":
      [
         {
          "path" : "/payload/eligibility/tc/taxYears(0)/periods(0)/children(0)/id",
           "validationErrors" :
           [
              {
                  "message": "ID should not be less than 0",
                  "args": []
              }
           ]
         }
      ]
    }

  OR

  Code: 500 Content:

  {
      "status": 500,
      "error": "Something bad happened"
  }

This code is open source software licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.