Looking at how the forms are filled out:
Ok - so I can see where an assumption may have been made to use line 31 from IRS Form 2441, but in cases where someone has an employer sponsored dependent care benefit (like a Dependent Care FSA) this wouldn't be an accurate assumption.
Typically, line 31 will be the same as line 27 on IRS Form 2441, but in my case it's not.
Line 27 is what the state form (VA 760) should use, but on the state form (Line 13) it reflects line 31 from IRS Form 2441.
In the software:
I did not plug in my own values. I have two child dependents.
If you are concerned about expenses for Child & Dependent Care, my expenses were entered as $14,486 - so way more than $5,000. (More on this number below.)
What is eligible should be $6,000 based on the instructions (two child dependents), but what defaults is $1,000 as you have shown in your post. Total box 10 between W-2's is $5,000 (it is solely on mine - but it doesn't matter as long as we didn't BOTH have $5,000 which we didn't).
Since you pointed this out, I CAN input $6,000 as I believe it should be and have it accept the number and correct it, but I wouldn't expect to have to delve this far into the calculations and I suspect the maximum return guarantee is not supported by having someone need to know to do this. Shouldn't this be a software update?
