Generally speaking, you cannot deduct expenses from a previous year on this year's tax return. You can only deduct expenses in the year that you paid for them. Each tax return reports finances for its own year and each of those years needs to be kept separate.
These are the two guidelines that apply:
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The total amount of dependent care benefits you received during the year, (this is box 10)
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The total amount of qualified expenses you incurred during the year,
Although the company has a split year, you should have gotten a full year's benefit on your W-2. How was that used?
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