Deductions on wrong spouse? How to correct

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Hello

When entering child care expenses, it should default to the spouse who makes the least, however mine is on the higher income spouse and i cannot correct/change it. Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Lennox1986Author

Level 2

Does anyone have any idea? Turbotax's "help" won't connect me to a person.

TurboTaxBrenda

Alumni - Intuit

Did you enter the child care expenses under the spouse that was to claim it?

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Lennox1986Author

Level 2

Yes, i entered my tax info first (the lower one), then when i added my spouse's tax info it automatically changed it to hers and i didn't notice and posted it, only to notice when i was printing a hard copy.

I've tried to refile and adjust it, but cannot change it, even when it asks if the higher income spouse is eligible and i say no.

vmclelland

Level 2

I am having the same issue now in 2026 for the 2025 tax year. I tried clearing my browser cache and re-entering the expenses under the lower-income spouse but it automatically puts them with the higher-income spouse (who used to be the lower-income one). Is there any resolution to this issue yet?

CarlosB24

Level 3

I ended up transferring the credits from the higher income spouse onto the one with the lower income; however, my current issue is that the software isn’t allowing me to file in Quebec at all. Not even printing to mail…

I am definitely considering changing to ufile after being with Turbotax for so long… too many non sensical issues to deal with the past couple of years