My case is different from the original poster of this question; I am a student with a W2 income of around 27k. My spouse's W2 income was around 65k, she is not a student. We spent approx. 10k on childcare (nothing fancy, just a normal daycare), so we should be getting 20% of that in the credit.
I've read over the IRS instructions for 2441 multiple times now, I'm fairly certain there we are eligible for the full amount. There is likely some obscure reason TurboTax is checking the box claiming I'm a student with no earned income. Again, there is no prompt anywhere that I can find in the CDC credit interview that asks about student status, and I have both W2's completed before I fill it out.
