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manuelrp
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Does anyone else have an issue of enetering daycare receipts and the values having no impact on the overall refund value?

 
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Does anyone else have an issue of enetering daycare receipts and the values having no impact on the overall refund value?

Have you entered income for both yourself and your spouse?  Daycare receipts are claimed by the spouse with the lowest net income, and can only be claimed against earned (working) income.

https://www.budget.gc.ca/efp-peb/2014/deduchildcare-dedugardedenfant-eng.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-re...

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Does anyone else have an issue of enetering daycare receipts and the values having no impact on the overall refund value?

Have you entered income for both yourself and your spouse?  Daycare receipts are claimed by the spouse with the lowest net income, and can only be claimed against earned (working) income.

https://www.budget.gc.ca/efp-peb/2014/deduchildcare-dedugardedenfant-eng.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-re...