topic Child care tax credit 2022 in Deductions & credits

Child care tax credit 2022

zscottie — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:41:17 GMT

Hello!

I have a full time job, but my wife is looking for work/organizing our home as well (she is maintaining her continiung education) after having our first child. We have our child in daycare. She does not earn income (of course). I'm trying to dteremine if I can take the dependent care credit for the daycare expenses. Any guidance would be appreciated, along with any onlne article links. Thanks!

Re: Child care tax credit 2022

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:55:27 GMT

Not sure what you mean by "continuing education"----is your spouse a full-time student? Unless she is a full-time student or looked for work and actually found and began working at a job, you will not be able to use the child care credit.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900643-what-is-the-child-and-dependent-care-credit

Re: Child care tax credit 2022

zscottie — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:10:02 GMT

My spouse is taking continuing education to maintain her occupational therapy licensure.

Re: Child care tax credit 2022

rjs — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:34:05 GMT

Continuing education doesn't sound like being a full-time student. If your wife is not a full-time student, and she does not have any income from working, you cannot claim the child care credit. You can find all the details of the requirements for the credit in IRS Publication 503, Child and Dependent Care Expenses.