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I can't get to the page where I enter my childcare expenses. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Did we pay for dependent care?  Yes.
Did we live in the US for more than half of 2021?  Yes.

It says both spouses must have earned income (we did), be a student, or disabled.  We're not students or disabled, so when I check "none of the above" it kicks me back to the main page.
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I can't get to the page where I enter my childcare expenses. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Don't click none of the above if both spouses had earned income.

BillM223
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I can't get to the page where I enter my childcare expenses. Is anyone else experiencing this?

If both spouses had earned income, then you should not even see the screen that asks about student, disabled, or none of the above.

 

In this case, go back and check that the W-2s were assigned to the correct spouse - it's not uncommon for a taxpayer to not indicate that the spouse's W-2 belongs to the spouse (it defaults to the primary taxpayer), so it appears that one spouse has all the earned income.

 

Also, if one spouse has Schedule C income, make sure to add it first before doing the 2441.

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