Yes, we are aware that even my spouse who claim the dependent won’t get the child care credit either, in fact due to the dependent care FSA contribution, that credit will be reduced to zero anyway, even if we file jointly.
My question is more about whether I should fill in the child and dependent care section in TurboTax if I am not claiming the child as dependent on my return , I assume this won’t matter as much since I am not going to get a credit.I just want to make sure this won’t raise any red flag on the IRS side
I heard your points about the filing status, there are some reasons why we decided to file separately but we will revisit this topic and do more calculation to see if it makes more sense to file jointly.
Thank you!
