I made one payment in 2016 for preschool tuition. The school year covers periods 09/01/2016 - 06/10/2017. Do I need to prorate these costs for the child care credit?

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I made one payment in 2016 for preschool tuition. The school year covers periods 09/01/2016 - 06/10/2017. Do I need to prorate these costs for the child care credit?

You should pro-rate the preschool tuition. See the first sentence on page 10 of this IRS publication:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p503.pdf

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