Can I use daycare receipt with someone else’s name?

[Kymleng]

head of household, claiming grandson, lives with me, i provide for his care. His mom drops him off to daycare, I paid the provider cash by way of her. The daycare made the receipt for tax purposes out to the mother. Can I use this receipt on my taxes even though my name is not on it? No irs support for this, she is not claiming him? 

[LeeM · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can claim those daycare expenses, as long as you claim your grandson as your dependent and you paid the provider (even those his mom dropped off the payments).

[Kymleng]

Yes I paid provider but she must not have told him they were from me. I will submit my taxes with them then.