Dependent care credit
The credit for paying someone to care for your loved one so you can work
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If your loved one cannot care for themselves, lived with you more than half the year, and you paid for care so you could work, that care counts toward a tax credit. Adults qualify, not just children.
Leads to
Nothing else, but it is your money
Where Families Get Stuck
Everyone thinks it is a childcare credit.
The details
- Worth
- Up to $3,000 in expenses toward the credit
- Forms
- Form 2441
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