2441 Child and Dependent Care Expenses

Form

2441

OMB No. 1545-0074

Child and Dependent Care Expenses
©

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)

2008

Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1040NR.
©

Attachment
Sequence No.

See separate instructions.

Name(s) shown on return

Part I
1

21

Your social security number

Persons or Organizations Who Provided the Care—You must complete this part.
(If you have more than two care providers, see the instructions.)

(a) Care provider’s
name

(b) Address
(number, street, apt. no., city, state, and ZIP code)

Did you receive
dependent care benefits?

(c) Identifying number
(SSN or EIN)

(d) Amount paid
(see instructions)

No

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Complete only Part II below.

Yes

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Complete Part III on the back next.

Caution. If the care was provided in your home, you may owe employment taxes. See the instructions for Form 1040, line 60, or
Form 1040NR, line 56.

Part II
2

Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses

Information about your qualifying person(s). If you have more than two qualifying persons, see the instructions.
(a) Qualifying person’s name
First

3

4
5
6
7
8

Add the amounts in column (c) of line 2. Do not enter more than $3,000 for one qualifying
person or $6,000 for two or more persons. If you completed Part III, enter the amount from
line 35
Enter your earned income. See instructions
If married filing jointly, enter your spouse’s earned income (if your spouse was a student
or was disabled, see the instructions); all others, enter the amount from line 4
Enter the smallest of line 3, 4, or 5
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 38, or Form
7
1040NR, line 36

Over

But not
over

$0—15,000
15,000—17,000
17,000—19,000
19,000—21,000
21,000—23,000
23,000—25,000
25,000—27,000
27,000—29,000

10
11
12
13
For

(c) Qualified expenses you
incurred and paid in 2008 for the
person listed in column (a)

3
4
5
6

Enter on line 8 the decimal amount shown below that applies to the amount on line 7
If line 7 is:

9

(b) Qualifying person’s social
security number

Last

If line 7 is:
Decimal
amount is
.35
.34
.33
.32
.31
.30
.29
.28

Over

But not
over

$29,000—31,000
31,000—33,000
33,000—35,000
35,000—37,000
37,000—39,000
39,000—41,000
41,000—43,000
43,000—No limit

Decimal
amount is
.27
.26
.25
.24
.23
.22
.21
.20

3.

8

Multiply line 6 by the decimal amount on line 8. If you paid 2007 expenses in 2008, see
9
the instructions
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 46, or
10
Form 1040NR, line 43
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 47, or Form
11
1040NR, line 44
12
Subtract line 11 from line 10. If zero or less, stop. You cannot take the credit
Credit for child and dependent care expenses. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 12
here and on Form 1040, line 48, or Form 1040NR, line 45
13
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 4 of the instructions.
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Form

2441

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Form 2441 (2008)

Page

2

Part III Dependent Care Benefits
14

15
16
17
18
19
20
21

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Enter the total amount of dependent care benefits you received in 2008. Amounts you
received as an employee should be shown in box 10 of your Form(s) W-2. Do not include
amounts reported as wages in box 1 of Form(s) W-2. If you were self-employed or a partner,
include amounts you received under a dependent care assistance program from your sole
proprietorship or partnership
Enter the amount, if any, you carried over from 2007 and used in 2008 during the grace
period. See instructions
Enter the amount, if any, you forfeited or carried forward to 2009. See instructions
Combine lines 14 through 16. See instructions
Enter the total amount of qualified expenses incurred
18
in 2008 for the care of the qualifying person(s)
19
Enter the smaller of line 17 or 18
20
Enter your earned income. See instructions
Enter the amount shown below that applies
to you.
● If married filing jointly, enter your
spouse’s earned income (if your spouse
was a student or was disabled, see the
instructions for line 5).
21
● If married filing separately, see the
instructions for the amount to enter.
● All others, enter the amount from line 20.

14
15
16 (
17

)

%

22
Enter the smallest of line 19, 20, or 21
Enter the amount from line 14 that you received from your sole proprietorship or partnership.
If you did not receive any such amounts, enter -024
Subtract line 23 from line 17
Enter $5,000 ($2,500 if married filing separately and you were required to enter your
spouse’s earned income on line 21)
Deductible benefits. Enter the smallest of line 22, 23, or 25. Also, include this amount
on the appropriate line(s) of your return. See instructions
27
Enter the smaller of line 22 or 25
28
Enter the amount from line 26
Excluded benefits. Subtract line 28 from line 27. If zero or less, enter -0Taxable benefits. Subtract line 29 from line 24. If zero or less, enter -0-. Also, include this
amount on Form 1040, line 7, or Form 1040NR, line 8. On the dotted line next to Form
1040, line 7, or Form 1040NR, line 8, enter “DCB”

23

25
26

29

30

To claim the child and dependent care
credit, complete lines 31 through 35 below.
31
32
33
34
35

Enter $3,000 ($6,000 if two or more qualifying persons)
Add lines 26 and 29
Subtract line 32 from line 31. If zero or less, stop. You cannot take the credit.
Exception. If you paid 2007 expenses in 2008, see the instructions for line 9
Complete line 2 on the front of this form. Do not include in column (c) any benefits shown
on line 32 above. Then, add the amounts in column (c) and enter the total here
Enter the smaller of line 33 or 34. Also, enter this amount on line 3 on the front of this
form and complete lines 4 through 13

31
32
33
34
35
Form

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