Does anybody know...I send Jamison to child care 2 times a week. Now I don't work but use this time bc dh is deployed and I'd go crazy if I didn't get the time. DO I get to claim the child care??? My mom thought no bc I don't work, but what about all the rich mom's with nannys???

You must have earned income from wages, salaries, tips or other taxable employee compensation, or net earnings from self-employment. If you are married, both you and your spouse must have earned income, unless one spouse was either a full-time student or was physically or mentally incapable of self-care. If you chose to include nontaxable combat pay in earned income when figuring the Earned Income Tax Credit for 2004, also include it in earned income when you figure the amount of dependent care benefits you exclude or deduct from income.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=106189,00.html

huh? so i'm guessing no....

If you have no income you can't claim it....sorry

well I had income at the beginning of the year but child care didn't come into play until the end of the year. Oh well.... THought I would ask!

I have never heard that.
I would ask when you file.
I did taxes last year and that never came up. If they brought us the Child care paper then we pugged the mumbers in
Good Luck

I go to the IRS and have them do my taxes, its free and they will tell you if you can or not, you cant go wrong with the IRS telling you!

I got that info right off the irs website...

Strange but thanks Dawn