To enter the information for the child and dependent care
credit, please follow these steps:
- Click on Federal
> Deductions &
Credits
- In the You
and Your Family section and click on the Start/Revisit box next
to Child and Dependent Care Credit. [See Screenshot #1, below.]
- On the Did
you pay for child or dependent care in 2017? screen, click Yes.
[Screenshot #2]
- On the screen, Whose
care did you pay for? your dependent(s) should be listed. Select
the dependent you incurred the expenses for. Then click Continue.
[Screenshot #3]
- If the correct
dependent is not listed, you can click on the box Add another dependent.
- You will then be
asked to enter information about the care provider(s). [NOTE: If you do not enter information about the providers, you will not be able to get the credit.]
- Continue through
the interview, entering the requested information.
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