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April 14, 2025
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TURBOTAX DESKTOP MISSING BOX ENTRY FOR DEPENDENT CARE TAX ID NUMBER

  • April 14, 2025
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I am using the Desktop Software for 2022 and beyond. In the Dependent Care section, there is a box for the EIN but not the TAX ID number. When you finalize this area, the TAX ID column shows as existing but there was never a way to enter anything into it.

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    DawnC
    Employee
    April 14, 2025

    Are you preparing a 2022 tax return.  Each tax year has its own version of TurboTax and you have to use the correct year.   The Tax ID is the EIN number; they are interchangeable.   You have to enter the tax ID for the provider of the care.  

     

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    MUSE2111Author
    April 15, 2025

    Thanks for the reply. I am using Turbo Tax Desktop for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.  (catching up on a lot!!!) 

     

    The way the form printed out after the data entry was done made it appear as if the Tax ID and the EIN were two different things. I just entered the Tax ID number where the EIN entry box was and I am hoping for the best.

    DawnC
    Employee
    April 15, 2025

    If you entered the Tax ID number from the provider, it will work!

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