@causer wrote:
Hi - I didn't enroll for Dependent Care FSA in 2019 but one my kids went to preschool (fee based) and other kid went to ESS (after school care). Can i claim amount paid when i file my taxes? My wife started working in June so if i can claim i should claim for 6 month only. Is that right?
Thanks
You can claim eligible care expenses for your qualifying dependents for the Child and Dependent Care Credit. Eligible expenses are
- incurred for an qualifying person
- incurred so that you (and your spouse, if filing jointly) can both work, or look for work, or attend school full time.
You can't claim an expense that you already paid with an FSA, but you said that does not apply to you.
If your spouse was job hunting before starting her job in June, those months of care (April? May?) would also be qualifying expenses.
Your children are qualifying persons if they are under age 13 on 12/31/2019, you claim them as dependents, and they lived in your home more than half the year.
Expenses under kindergarten (preschool tuition, day care, etc.) are always eligible even if the program is educational. Tuition for kindergarten and up is not an eligible expense, but if you pay extra for before or after school care so that you and your spouse could work, those after school costs are eligible costs.
