We have a 1 YO daughter and paid about $16,000 for daycare last year. Why does turbo tax say that $0 is eligible dependent care expenses for the calculation of any credit??

[kimberly-j-downs]

TT says that my daughter is eligible and the daycare is a company with a tax ID.

[Texas Roger]

Did you have income from working and if married filing jointly, did your spouse also have income from working?

[kimberly-j-downs]

Yes we both had income: normal jobs all year, in the states. Married filing jointly.

[kimberly-j-downs]

I think I know why...I don't have my W2 yet so I have only entered my husbands W2 so far. From what I read, we both need to be working or looking for a job in order to quality on not having my W2 information in there isn't providing the entire picture. ???

[kimberly-j-downs]

Got it!  My mistake! 🙂 thanks Texas Roger 🙂

[Texas Roger · Accepted solution]

You are correct. Not only do you both need income from working (not just looking for a job) but you must have entered the income into TurboTax for TurboTax to know that you both had income from working.