Here is another option that may apply to you.
Line 14 If you had an employer-provided dependent care plan, enter on line 14 the total of the following amounts included on line 12 or 13.
• Any amount you forfeited. You forfeited an amount if you didn't receive it because you didn't incur the expense. Don't include amounts you expect to receive at a future date.
• Any amount you didn't receive but are permitted by your employer to carry forward and use in the following year.
Example. Under your employer's dependent care plan, you chose to have your employer set aside $5,000 to cover your 2021 dependent care expenses. The $5,000 is shown in box 10 of your Form W-2. In 2021, you incurred and were reimbursed for $4,950 of qualified expenses. You would enter $5,000 on line 12 and $50, the amount forfeited, on line 14. You would also enter $50 on line 14 if, instead of forfeiting the amount, your employer permitted you to carry the $50 forward to use during the grace period in 2022. Don't enter on line 14 any amounts that aren't already entered on line 12 or 13. Therefore, if you carried forward dependent care benefits from 2020 to 2021, and you didn't use the benefits in 2021 and are carrying the benefits forward to 2022, as described in Notice 2021-26, you would not enter these amounts on line 12, 13, or 14.
Form 2441 instructions
