I am filing a joint return. My income is via W2 and my spouses income is from self-employment. The income from self-employment is attributed to her and my income is attributed to me. I have quadruple checked. That is not the problem. And she showed a net profit. So that is not the problem either. The online turbotax keeps saying "Because you entered $6,000 or less of earned income for" my spouse, we have to select student or disabled in order for it to allow the dependent care tax credit form to be filled out.
Earning more than $6k is not a requirement of the dependent care tax credit in irs publication 503.
Why won't it let us fill out the 2441 form when we meet all the requirements and where does it say in the publication or form instructions that earned income of 6k or greater is required to qualify?
