I pay for chef who cooks food and baby sit my son while we are at work. Can that be claimed as Child care deduction?

darshrao — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 01:13:33 GMT

If you meet all of the other requirements for the child c...

Phillip1 — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 01:13:34 GMT

If you meet all of the other requirements for the child care credit, you can claim child care expenses from a chef/babysitter as long as the following applies:

See the following from IRS Publication 503, pages 6 and 7:

Care of a Qualifying Person

To be work-related, your expenses must be to provide care for a qualifying person. You don't have to choose the least expensive way of providing the care. The cost of a paid care provider may be an expense for the care of a qualifying person even if another care provider is available at no cost. Expenses are for the care of a qualifying person only if their main purpose is the person's well-being and protection. Expenses for household services qualify if part of the services is for the care of qualifying persons. See Household Services, later.

Household Services

Expenses you pay for household services meet the work-related expense test if they are at least partly for the well-being and protection of a qualifying person.

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I pay for chef who cooks food and baby sit my son while we are at work. Can that be claimed as Child care deduction?

If you meet all of the other requirements for the child c...