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employer contributed to dependent care FSA but I had no claims. TurboTax is asking for provider details in final review form 2441

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May 15, 2021
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My employer contributed $1200 to a dependent care FSA. I did not use any of it, and entered $1200 as forfeited in the w2 interview. Now I'm up to the final review and TurboTax is asking me to fill in provider details for form 2441, but I had no providers. How should I handle this? Can I delete the form 2441 or do I need to keep it to show the $1200 contribution that I forfeited? Thanks

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BillM223

No, do not delete form 2441. Since you have 1200 in box 10 on your W-2, the IRS knows that you have a dependent care FSA, so they will expect the 2441.

Try to go through the rest of the dependent care interview. Indicate that you have a dependent (you probably did or else you would have not had the account), then when you are asked about providers, enter NONE and no numbers...

You may have to work at this, but you want the result to be that you have a 2441, NONE listed for the provider, no money spent on them, and $1,200 added to line 1 on your 1040 with a code (to the left of the dollar amount) of "DCB".

Let me know if this works for you, if it doesn't I will rerun through this and give you better instructions...

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maple1202Author

when I try to go through the dependent care interview again it only asks if my wife and I are full time students or disabled. I entered NONE directly on form 2441 but turbo tax still complains it wants provider address and amount in the final review. Line 1 of my 1040 matches box 1 of my w2 and I don't see any lines with $1200 or "DCB" notations. the w2 has the $1200 in box 10.