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Deductions & credits

Please revisit the input for this area. You do not appear to qualify to claim any benefit. Any amount removed from an employee sponsored, pre-tax dependent care spending account would theoretically be included on your Form W-2.

 

The IRS rules for the Child and Dependent Care Credit require you to only benefit from expenses paid that were not reimbursed. 

 

The amount paid into a spending account with pre-tax dollars can be excluded from your income, however, only childcare expenses exceeding that contribution can be claimed for purposes of the Child and Dependent Care Credit.

 

 

For more details, see the following resources:

What is the Child and Dependent Care Credit?

Video: What is Form 2441?

Filing Form 2441

2019 Instructions to Form 2441, Child and Dependent Care Credit, and

2019 IRS Publication 503, Child and Dependent Care Expenses.