Can I claim the adoption credit for 2023 expenses for a domestic adoption that will finalize in 2025. Turbo tax give error for birth year 2025.

[egustaf]

In Turbo Tax's own adopotion credit article it states: " As long as they meet the basic requirements, you can even count costs you pay before identifying the child you want to adopt. " This leads me to believe birth year should have no bearing on being elgible for the credit on this years taxes

[NCperson]

to claim the credit, you'll need the child's SSN which can't be issued until after birth.   I think what TT's statement means is that you can accumulate expenses from prior to the adoption to be used after the birth of the child. 

TT states you can "COUNT" costs, it doesn't state you can also claim the expenses until the other requirements (e.g. SSN is issued) are met. 

[egustaf]

Since I don't have an SSN yet. It says I can apply for a ATIN using form W-7A which requires submission  placement document, which I have. 

Based on what I am reading, it seems to be an error that Turbo Tax won't let me enter 2025 as a birth year. It seems that birth year should have no bearing...

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/family/new-addition-adoption-tax-credits/L69hPmzJB#GoTo-Who-can...

[NCperson]

@egustaf you can only deduct expenses related to a living person. 

Thus if you had adoption expenses in 2024, you can "count" those, and claim them in 2025 (next year). 

Baby wasn't alive in 2024, so you can't claim the expenses on the 2024 tax return, but you can in 2025.