I believe that I have reproduced your situation, and I agree that it seems odd to allow tax-advantage dollars to be used as the foundation for calculating the Child and Dependent Care Credit.
While I research this, would you mind sending us a sanitized version of your return? "Sanitized" means that all your personally identifiable information has been redacted.
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TurboTax Online:
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TurboTax Desktop:
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Select Send Tax File to Agent.
A pop-up message will appear, and the customer will select, Send. If using Mac "Send Tax File to TurboTax Agent"
Note: Desktop will save a file to your computer unless you uncheck the box.
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