Trying to go back to child care deductions. But it's not allowing me and i don't want to start all over.

To qualify for the Child and Dependent Care Credit, ALL of the following must be true:

1. Your dependent is listed (and is either under age 13 or is marked as disabled)
2. You have earned income.
3. Your spouse (if filing jointly) also has earned income, is a full-time student, or is disabled.
4. Your filing status is not Married Filing Separately.
5. You have provided the caregiver's social security or tax ID number.
6. You must owe tax

The child and dependent care tax credit is nonrefundable, which means that it cannot reduce your tax any further if it is already zero. 

Most of the time, when customers tell us they are sure that they qualify, it's because they are confident about items #1-#5.  What's likely happened here is that while you've been busy working on your taxes today, you've taken care of number 6 already, and you don't owe any more tax, and that's why you don't qualify!   That's not all bad news, though.  

So you've not done anything wrong here; TurboTax just doesn't deliver that message in the friendliest way (it is only a software program, after all!)  

You can check to be sure that is what is happening by viewing your Tax Summary.   Here is how to do that:

1. Log in to your tax return at TurboTax.com.
2. Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the screen (you may need to click on Continue in the center first).
3. Click on Tools.
4. In the box that pops up in the center, click on View Tax Summary.

If you see a 0 for Total Tax, then that is the reason you don't qualify for this particular credit.