"After I input my child care information, in Form 2441, line 12 is $10,000." The $10,000 is the sum of the two box 10s on your 2 W-2s.
"Line 14 (If you forfeited or carried over to 2024 any of the amounts reported on line 12 or 13, enter the amount. See instructions) is ($10,000)" - Is ($10,000) supposed to be a negative number? If this supposed to be a positive number, this number happens when in the W-2 interview, you indicated that No, your employer did not provide child care, and yes, you had a Flexible Spending Account, of which 5,000 was left in the account at the end of the year. (times two, for the two W-2s).
NOTE: TurboTax does ask you about the amount to go into line 14, but it does it in the W-2 interview, not the 2441 interview. In the W-2 interview, after you have entered your data, there are additional screens, some of which ask about your FSA. You are asked if there was any money left over in your FSA at the end of the year (go look and see). Any amount you put here is added to line 14 (which is why I asked if the (10,000) represents a negative number).
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