Can we claim childcare expenses if husband works and wife is a student?

Husband works fulltime and also has to leave the country several times a year for months at a time. Wife is a student and sole caregiver most of the year. We have had to hire childcare a lot, can it be claimed against childcare tax deduction since both are not full time employed? Technically I am an able bodied SAHM so was not sure if that would cause us to be excluded. I have had to pay for childcare in order to do my lessons.

Public Comments

1. didnt you say in you first sentence that he does work fulltime???


2. Yes,


3. As long as your husband is working and you are considered a full time student the cost of day care is allowable when computing your childcare credit on your tax return.


4. For each month that he was employed and you were a full-time student, you can count up to $250 towards your child care expenses. Form 2441 will figure this for you. So if you were a student for 8 months, you can count up to $2,000 of expenses toward the child care credit.


5. Yes you can if the wife is a full time student. See page 222 of publication 17.under "Rule for student-spouse"