Are you implying that Turbotax is doing the correct thing? Because it is absolutely not.
If you read the Wisconsin statute change, it explicitly states to recalculate form 2441 using the higher limits:
71.07(9g)(b) 2. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, and subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.02, up to the amount of those taxes, an amount equal to 100 percent of the federal child and dependent care tax credit that the claimant may claim on his or her federal income tax return for the taxable year to which the claim under this subsection relates using the expense limitation under par. (c) 5. rather than the expense limitation under 26 USC 21 (c).
71.07 (9g) (c) 5. Notwithstanding 26 USC 21 (c), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023, the maximum allowable expenses to determine the amount of the credit under par. (b) 2. is $10,000 for one qualifying individual, as defined in 26 USC 21 (b), and $20,000 for 2 or more qualifying individuals, as defined in 26 USC 21 (b).
Part II of my federal Form 2441 would no longer be blank once your replace the $3k/$6k federal limits (Part II Line 3 and Part III Line 27) with the $10k/$20k limits as the Wisconsin statute instructs you to do.
It is incorrect to say that since I don't have Part II completed under the $3k/$6k limits, that you shouldn't re-evaluate what Part II would show once you change to the higher $10k/$20k expense limits allowed by my state. The additional credits allowed by my state are not gated by whether I receive federal benefits at the lower $3k limit, the Wisconsin statute explicitly tells you change limits in 2441 and re-run it.
