Ah... Thanks. I found my mistake. Even though his father & I share custody during the year I needed to report that my son lived with me for the full year. Then I did the interview as you suggested and at the end it now shows him with the status "Nondependent - for EIC/dependent care only" ... just as you suggested. Thanks. This is consistent with what the IRS publication indicated. So it IS true that I can claim EIC/dependent care for a non-dependent child as long as I am the custodial parent and my spouse is taking the dependent credit in alternate years. I will claim the expenses that I paid for child care for 2014.
