IsabellaG
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Deductions & credits

No, because if it's pre-tax, you've already excluded your payments from income taxes. Taking an additional deduction would be double-deducting (once by excluding the money from tax and again by taking a deduction), and it's not allowed. 

See Dependent Care Benefits on page 10 of this link:

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p503.pdf 

 

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