My wife and I live together and file separately. We both work and have $2,500 withheld from our pay in a dependent care savings account. According to the 2019 form 2441 instructions we do not qualify for the child and dependent care credit as a result of filing separately, but we do qualify for a $2,500 exclusion since we meet items 2 through 5 on page 2 of the instructions ("However, you generally can take the exclusion if you meet items 2 through 5".
I am unable to figure out how to get TurboTax to populate form 2441 correctly. It will not populate my daughter's information as a qualifying person in line 2 unless I indicate that I am claiming her as a dependent, which I do not need to do in order to exclude the $2,500. Since line 2 is not populated line 16 is $0 instead of $2,500, and I end up with the dependent care benefits being taxable on line 26.
I spoke with a representative from turbotax who incorrectly said I do not qualify for the exclusion.
Please advise how I can get turbotax to populate form 2441 correctly for my situation. Thank you!
