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How do I enter child care expenses in TurboTax?

by TurboTax Updated about 22 hours ago

Follow the steps below to enter child care expenses:

  1. Answer the initial Personal info and Tax profile interview questions, including your dependants info, if you haven't already. This unlocks the Tax home screen.
  2. From the Tax home screen, under Add to your return, enter child and select Child Care Expenses Intro.
  3. At the Child care expenses screen answer Yes to the question Did you pay for daycare for someone to look after your child...?
  4. At the Claiming Child Care screen, answer the question.
  5. At the Child Care Receipt Summary screen, select Enter New Receipt.
  6. At the Let's get your child care receipt details, enter the receipt information, select Enter New Child Care Receipt until all receipts are entered, then select Done With Receipt.
  7. At the Child Care Receipt Summary screen, select Done.

Note: If you're a resident of Québec, you'll need to enter your information on both the Child Care Receipt screen and the Relevé 24 screen.

  1. Complete the Introduction/Profile steps of your return, including entering dependants info, until the Find icon appears in the menu.
  2. Select Find, enter child, select Child care expenses and select Go.
  3. At the Did you pay for child care? screen, answer Yes to the question Did you pay for daycare for someone to look after your child...?
  4. At the Claiming Child Care screen, answer the question.
  5. At the Child Care Receipt Summary screen, select Enter New Receipt.
  6. At the Let's get your child care receipt details, enter the receipt information, select Enter New Child Care Receipt until all receipts are entered, then select Done With Receipt.
  7. At the Child Care Receipt Summary screen, select Done.

Note: If you're a resident of Québec, you'll need to enter your information on both the Child Care Receipt screen and the Relevé 24 screen.

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