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Deductions & credits
I had the same problem. But it's not just the credit that's missing, but if you made any pretax child care contributions, Turbo Tax will ADD that to your income and you WILL BE TAXED on that contribution. Major software issue that many people may not notice. I was able to workaround this issue by doing the following:
1. On the same screen that give you that message about the $6000, instead of checking "none of the above" for both, check "disabled" for you spouse.
2. On the next screen, choose for all twelve months.
3. Continue with next screen to choose "no" to working while disabled.
4. Now go hit the back button a couple of times to get back to the first screen and choose "none of the above" for both. (the bogus message of $6000 is still there)
5. Now start entering the data for each child, one at a time.
I spent well over an hour with Turbo Tax on this issue. They saw the problem but at first thought I entered something wrong. Not the case. We went through the process multiple times, sharing screens. Then, since nothing they suggested worked, I tried this "disabled" trick out of desperation and it worked. They saw it work too so I would think a software fix is on the way.