Child and Dependent Care Credit

Overview

Caring for someone can be stressful, especially without sufficient funds. The child and dependent care tax credit helps parents by refunding a portion of their care expenses while working or job hunting. This course covers the child and dependent care credit, including eligible individuals and expenses, employer-sponsored benefits, claiming methods, relevant regulations, and tax court cases.

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Objectives

  • given the relevant background information about an individual, correctly apply the qualifying person tests to determine whether that individual can be regarded as a dependent for a taxpayer who wishes to claim the child and dependent care credit
  • correctly apply the general rules relating to the definition of earned income for purposes of the child and dependent care credit
  • correctly identify the conditions under which a claim for the child and dependent care credit may be acceptable for taxpayers who are not legally married or who are considered unmarried for tax purposes
  • correctly identify and calculate the impact on the child and dependent care credit of dependent care benefits and other payment assistance that a taxpayer may receive to offset the cost of obtaining care for their dependents

Tax Year: 2023-2024

Designed For:

CPAs, EAs, and other tax professionals


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Course Information

Adding additional credit may change exam requirements.

Advanced Preparation: None