Yes you can claim the daycare expenses that you paid even if it is not your turn to claim him. You, in fact, are the only person who can claim those expenses.
Be sure that your son is set up as a non-dependent that lives with you all year, even though it is the other parent's year to claim him.
In TurboTax, this is how you should be filing when it is not your turn to claim the child:
- You state the child lived with you __ months
- And you state you will release the dependent claim to the other parent via form 8332
- Turbotax will offer to print a form 8332 for you when you file to give to the other parent
@Littlemssteph
