Working on my tax forms for 2021. Throughout the year my mother (my wife's mother-in-law) would come over and help watch our kids so we could run errands or go to appointments. We would repay her services with helping on gas money, groceries for her while she stayed, or anything else additional she may have needed. We are thinking this is claimable to some degree on the Child and Dependent Care Credit. To what degree is this claimable? My mother already filed her tax return, is this something she would have to amend her form for? Is it considered taxable income on her end? Is this worth trying to claim for us?
