topic Doesnt provide a space to enter daycare money spent in Deductions & credits

Doesnt provide a space to enter daycare money spent

ltriboletti5 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:04:35 GMT

under federal/deductions and credits/child credits it does not allow me to enter daycare money spent.

Re: Doesnt provide a space to enter daycare money spent

AmyC — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:43:57 GMT

Do you have daycare on your W2 from work? Do you have an eligible child? Are there 2 parents both working or students? What message are you seeing? What screen are you stuck on?

See What is the Child and Dependent Care Credit?

Re: Doesnt provide a space to enter daycare money spent

ltriboletti5 — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:57:13 GMT

It is not on my w2 I have a tax statement from the daycare that I have entered every other year. We do have an eligible child and both work.

when I go to deductions and credits, I click edit with child and other dependent tax credits…

then I click “none of those apply to us” for the next question and it says “congrats you get a tax break” but doesn’t give me an option to enter anything.

Re: Doesnt provide a space to enter daycare money spent

JohnW152 — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:47:41 GMT

You appear to be looking in the wrong spot in the program.

To enter dependent care expense information in TurboTax Online:

Open TurboTax Online
Select Tax Home in the left pane
On the Hi, let's keep working on your taxes! screen, select the dropdown on the right side of the Deductions & Credits box, then select Start, Continue, or Pick up where you left off
On the Your tax breaks page, scroll down and select the dropdown to the right of You and Your Family
Select Start or Revisit to the right of Dependent Care Credit
Answer Yes on the Did you pay for child and dependent care in 2023? page
Provide all relevant information requested in the interview

The Child and Dependent Care Credit helps working families who pay expenses for the care of children, adult dependents or a disabled spouse.