Tech issue: form 2441 won't delete, can't file

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March 17, 2022
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I have searched through the forums and followed the advice in this article, but I'm still stuck:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/accessing/help/how-do-i-delete-form-2441-in-turbotax-online/00/26413

No matter what I do, each time I come to the federal review the form 2441 comes back. We don't have dependent care expenses to declare. I tried just entering zero for the amounts to make it go away, but it won't allow that either. Is there any suggestion to remedy this short of resetting and starting over?

TurboTax Self Employed Online

Best answer by dgran

I found a resolution to this in case it helps others. At some point my wife may have mistakenly proceeded to enter in some info for one of our dependents in this area, which means she listed one of us as disabled or as a student just to see. It wasn't fully filled out, and hence why the form 2441 issue kept coming up. The bug, as I see it from the view of a professional software developer, is that re-visiting the dependent care section and answering "no" doesn't clear this out. I had to answer "yes" and go back in selecting the some bogus answer (6 months of student life) so that I could then delete the dependent.

After doing this I was in the clear. I hope this helps someone else if they get stuck. Taxes are filed. Uncle Sam is happy.

JamesG1

Level 15

You may have partially created an IRS Form 2441 that needs to be deleted through the step-by-step process. Consider these steps.

Go to Federal / Deductions & Credits / Dependent Care Credit.
Click Edit / Add to the right.
At the screen Child and Dependent Care Credit, click Yes.
At the screen Tell us a little about you, click Yes.
At the screen Here's what we have so far, is there an entry listed that may have been created accidently?
If there is an entry, click the trashcan Delete icon. Continue.
Scroll down to the bottom and click on Wrap up tax breaks.
Run through Federal Review to see if the error has been cleared.

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jinkos2002

Level 2

This comment by the expert did not work for me.

RogerD1

Level 6

If you are using the Online version of TurboTax, you can use these instructions for deleting the dependent care credit form:

On the left side menu, click "Tax Tools"
Click on Tools just below Tax Tools
From the Tools Center popup, click "Delete a form".
You will get a listing of the first 20 Federal forms. If you don't see Form 2441 in that list, click the ">" at the bottom of the Federal forms listing to see the next page.
When you find Form 2441, click the trash can icon to the right of any Form 2441 listings to delete the form(s).

If you are using the downloaded version of TurboTax, follow these instructions:

Click on Deductions & Credits in the Personal section.
Go to Child and Dependent Care Credit and click Update.
Answer No to the question, "Did you pay for dependent care in 2025?" then click Continue
Click on Forms in the Blue banner near the upper right.
The left side of the TurboTax screen will have the forms in your return. Click on Form 2441
Click on Delete Form on the bottom, below the display of the form. Click Yes to confirm deletion.

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