topic My husband and I both work full time and pay for daycare, how do i get the child tax credit when we work. The only options i see are full time student or disabled in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when-we/01/3120440#M299575 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:14:49 GMT jwarner25 2026-02-24T08:14:49Z My husband and I both work full time and pay for daycare, how do i get the child tax credit when we work. The only options i see are full time student or disabled https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when-we/01/3120440#M299575 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:14:49 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when-we/01/3120440#M299575 jwarner25 2026-02-24T08:14:49Z Re: My husband and I both work full time and pay for daycare, how do i get the child tax credit when we work. The only options i see are full time student or disabled https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when/01/3120442#M299576 <P>You must enter your income for both of you in the Wages &amp; Income section of the program so that you will be eligible of the Child and Dependent Care tax credit.</P> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:12:59 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when/01/3120442#M299576 DoninGA 2023-12-29T00:12:59Z Re: My husband and I both work full time and pay for daycare, how do i get the child tax credit when we work. The only options i see are full time student or disabled https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when/01/3120444#M299577 <P>Have you entered all the income for both of you?&nbsp; The W2s don't come until January.&nbsp; You both need to show income from working.&nbsp; If you have entered both your W2s make sure they are assigned to the right spouse.&nbsp; &nbsp;Or if you are self employed&nbsp; you need a Net Profit on Schedule C to show income for the Child Care Credit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:13:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when/01/3120444#M299577 VolvoGirl 2023-12-29T00:13:19Z Re: My husband and I both work full time and pay for daycare, how do i get the child tax credit when we work. The only options i see are full time student or disabled https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when/01/3120445#M299578 <P>The software will not show the childcare credit unless you have entered income earned from working from both of you.&nbsp; And if one of you is self-employed but shows a loss, you will not be eligible for the childcare credit.&nbsp; &nbsp;A common mistake we see is that people start trying to work on the childcare credit before entering their W-2's and/or 1099NEC's.</P> Fri, 29 Dec 2023 00:13:21 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-my-husband-and-i-both-work-full-time-and-pay-for-daycare-how-do-i-get-the-child-tax-credit-when/01/3120445#M299578 xmasbaby0 2023-12-29T00:13:21Z