Question

If my mother is paying for my child’s daycare, is it possible for her to put that on her taxes and can I still claim my son in 2020?

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
June 19, 2019
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Employee

You can claim child care credit only if the child is your dependent. You can claim the credit even though someone else actually paid those expenses.

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carteramber79Author

So in order for my mother to be able to receive her money back from the daycare she would have to claim my child as her dependent ?

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Bsch4477

Employee

If you mean getting child care credit for day care expenses on her tax return, yes. But the child must qualify as her dependent for her to claim her.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

"in order for my mother to be able to receive her money back ..."

If your mother is not the one who supported your child and who needed to pay for childcare so that SHE could work, she cannot get the childcare credit. And she would not get her money "back"--the child care credit reduces tax owed. It is not a refundable credit.

IRS interview to help determine who can be claimed:

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/who-can-i-claim-as-a-dependent

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3113432-who-can-i-claim-as-my-dependent

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