I am filing MFS (for student loan reasons) and do not claim our child as a dependent on my tax return. My wife claims the child on her tax return. We live together with the child in the normal married manner.
I have a dependent care FSA account through my employer who has reported the FSA contributions in Box 10 on the W2. I have submitted child care expenses to the FSA Administrator for 2020 and expect to be reimbursed shortly.
My question is where do I place the dependent care FSA expenses in TurboTax so it goes into the proper place on the 2441? It seems that once TT sees I am filing MFS, it wants to freeze me out, saying I am not eligible for the child tax credit. But I'm not trying to get the child tax credit. I'm trying to zero out the FSA account - or at least part of the account since some part is carried over into 2021. In other words, I'm trying to avoid having my FSA contribution considered taxable income by putting my child care expenses on the 2441 in the right place.
Please be specific in your answer. Where is the proper interview step and what answers/check boxes should I make? I am even willing to manually fill in the 2441, but I'm not exactly sure what lines need to be filled in. For example, I believe I have to enter the name, address and SSN of the child care provider and the amount paid. Where does this go? Again, I am NOT trying to claim a tax credit. I am trying to zero out the FSA money shown in Box 10 of the W2 so it is not taxed.
