spayceladye
Returning Member

How do I count the Difficulty of Care payments if my clients only lived with me half the year?

The difficulty of care payments are excluded from taxing, but is that only if my clients lived with me all year? My clients and I began living together in June of 2018, so it was over half the year. I can claim them as dependents because I paid for more than half their living expenses. But, how do I claim the payments I received for in-home care support? Do I report half in the W2 section and half in the "less common" section? Or, since it was over half the year, do all the payments qualify for exclusion?

Thanks!