Father is claiming dependency for Jared, who is age 4 and Father has joint custody 50/50 father has higher AGI . Child care for Jared.
Mother is claiming dependency for Jesse, who is age 13 and has joint custody 50/50 Mother has lower AGI. No child care for Jesse
No problem so far. I am looking at TB 3-16 and also neither parent has remarried, and each parent is providing over 1/2 of child's support and cost of their own home.
Under the joint custody and divorce agreement, mother is to provide 50% of Jared's child care and the father who is claiming him as a dependent provides the other 50% of child care.
Child care for Jared goes to Father, correct, as Father's AGI is higher.
Question is does the father only claim the child care based on the amount he actually paid for child care or can he claim any additional amount for what the Mother had to pay for child care under the divorce agreement to max out child care deduction. Only makes a few dollars difference, but I don't know the answer.
Thanks,
Sandy
Mother is claiming dependency for Jesse, who is age 13 and has joint custody 50/50 Mother has lower AGI. No child care for Jesse
No problem so far. I am looking at TB 3-16 and also neither parent has remarried, and each parent is providing over 1/2 of child's support and cost of their own home.
Under the joint custody and divorce agreement, mother is to provide 50% of Jared's child care and the father who is claiming him as a dependent provides the other 50% of child care.
Child care for Jared goes to Father, correct, as Father's AGI is higher.
Question is does the father only claim the child care based on the amount he actually paid for child care or can he claim any additional amount for what the Mother had to pay for child care under the divorce agreement to max out child care deduction. Only makes a few dollars difference, but I don't know the answer.
Thanks,
Sandy
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