@SusanY1 wrote:
Yes, you can enter these amounts in to determine if you can apply for the credit. You are not limited to only the expenses paid for the six months that your wife was working, (although other factors on the return can sometimes limit the credit).
Form 2441 does not ask specifically when an expense was incurred, but if audited, your expenses are only legally qualifying for the credit for periods of time when you and your spouse were both working or looking for work or full time students or disabled.
