Federal Form 2441, Line 3 Tax Ny

Instructions and help about Federal Form 2441, Line 3 Tax Ny

today we're going over IRS form 2441 child and dependent care expenses a couple of things before we go through this two-page tax form that you should be aware of first of all this tax form is for taxpayers who paid someone to care for their child or another qualifying dependent so that the taxpayer and the taxpayer spouse if filing a joint return could look for work or actually work in the given tax year if this applies to you you may be able to file form 2441 in order to claim a tax credit for those expenses also if you or your spouse received any dependent care benefits for the tax year you must use this form to figure them out if any of the benefits that can be excluded from income so and finally if you or your spouse if filing jointly have earned income to take the credit or exclude dependent care benefits from your mcop you must have it earned income in order to take this credit but if you're you or your spouse was a student or disabled either of those circumstances have additiona