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05mommy09
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Daycare & taxes

My FIL does our taxes and when I gave him our end of the year statement for childcare costs- he told me we fell into a tax bracket where we could not claim it...(He said we made too much $$$)

I know there are people making plenty more than DH and myself- so I know this can not be true...

Can anyone help me with this- or give me some info I can send to FIL..

TIA

Posted 1/21/08 8:32 AM
 
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ddunne2
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Re: Daycare & taxes

Try this:

Daycare Credit

Posted 1/21/08 9:08 AM
 

Stacey1403
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Re: Daycare & taxes

I doubt that is true. All the parents at my Day care use it and a bunch of them are very well off. I have never heard of a limit on it if your income is too highChat Icon

Posted 1/21/08 9:12 AM
 

antoinette
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Re: Daycare & taxes

I havent heard of that I plan on going in for the credit. The link that was posted above doesnt say anything about income so I think you should be ok. I know my accountant told me to bring the statements with me so hopefully it shouldnt be a problem.

Posted 1/21/08 9:17 AM
 

EmmaNick
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Re: Daycare & taxes

I don't think that's true. There is no income cap on childcare expenses. If you go to a place like taxcut.com, you can enter your W-2 and childcare expenses yourself just to see what kind of credit you would get.

I do know the credit with the IRS is much much less than the State. My federal credit was like $300 for over 6k in childcare (6k is the max for 2 kids). My state was a couple of thousand though.

Posted 1/21/08 9:19 AM
 

justthe4ofus
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Re: Daycare & taxes

I don't think that is true. I think you can only claim to a certain amount but I never heard that it was based on income.

Posted 1/21/08 9:35 AM
 

babymakes3
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Re: Daycare & taxes

Did you file married filing jointly? The website says you have to file that way if you are married.

Posted 1/21/08 9:36 AM
 

KPtoys
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Re: Daycare & taxes

Last year we claimed Emmas preschool as daycare. It was $900 for the year and we only got a SMALL fraction of that as a deduction. I leave it all up to my accountant to know the stuff for me.

Posted 1/21/08 9:39 AM
 

nrthshgrl
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Re: Daycare & taxes

It depends on the amount of the deductions. I know one year we only claimed a small portion of it.

Sometimes any more deductions, & the dreaded AMT tax kicks in.Chat Icon

eta. that was as per our accountant. We don't do our own taxes.

Message edited 1/21/2008 9:57:40 AM.

Posted 1/21/08 9:57 AM
 

DanaRenee
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Re: Daycare & taxes

Do you both work? Do you both have earned income?

Posted 1/21/08 10:01 AM
 

ChilisWife
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Re: Daycare & taxes

I think what he is saying is that, although you can claim the deduction, it may not make a difference in your tax liability. Once you make over a certain amount of money, you have to pay the "alternative minimum tax" (AMT). At some point, your deductions no longer matter because you are going to have to pay $X amount in taxes regardless.

Posted 1/21/08 11:48 AM
 
 

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