https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/to-claim-child-care-the-child-must-have-lived-with-you-mo/01/603630#M79018 <P>To claim child care the child must have lived with you more than half of 2016.<BR /></P><P>Child care is "work related". It can only be claimed if the care was necessary so that you (and your spouse if married) could work. Only if the child lived with you more than half the year *and* to was required so that you could work is it allowed.</P><P> If you did not live with the child or work at the time that the care was provided then it was not necessary so that you could work and therefore is not allowed.</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:44:28 GMT macuser_22 2019-06-06T05:44:28Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/i-paid-for-child-care-for-my-daughter-in-the-2016-year-i-am-not-claiming-her-on-my-taxes-her-mother/01/603622#M79016 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:44:27 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/i-paid-for-child-care-for-my-daughter-in-the-2016-year-i-am-not-claiming-her-on-my-taxes-her-mother/01/603622#M79016 jeremy_2355 2019-06-06T05:44:27Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/to-claim-child-care-the-child-must-have-lived-with-you-mo/01/603630#M79018 <P>To claim child care the child must have lived with you more than half of 2016.<BR /></P><P>Child care is "work related". It can only be claimed if the care was necessary so that you (and your spouse if married) could work. Only if the child lived with you more than half the year *and* to was required so that you could work is it allowed.</P><P> If you did not live with the child or work at the time that the care was provided then it was not necessary so that you could work and therefore is not allowed.</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:44:28 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/to-claim-child-care-the-child-must-have-lived-with-you-mo/01/603630#M79018 macuser_22 2019-06-06T05:44:28Z