Fillable Printable Form 2441
What is a Form 2441 ?
Form 2441 is the Child and Dependent Care Expenses form. If you are a person who hires someone to care for your disabled spouse or a dependent, and you record income from employment or self-employment on your tax return, you may be able to take the credit for child and dependent care expenses on this form. Download fillable Form 1120 and edit it freely as you wish with HandyPDF. Try now!
Fillable Printable Form 2441
What is a Form 2441 ?
Form 2441 is the Child and Dependent Care Expenses form. If you are a person who hires someone to care for your disabled spouse or a dependent, and you record income from employment or self-employment on your tax return, you may be able to take the credit for child and dependent care expenses on this form. Download fillable Form 1120 and edit it freely as you wish with HandyPDF. Try now!
Form 2441
Form 2441
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)
Child and Dependent Care Expenses
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Attach to Form 1040, Form 1040A, or Form 1040NR.
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Information about Form 2441 and its separate instructions is at
www.irs.gov/form2441.
1040A
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1040
2441
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1040NR
OMB No. 1545-0074
2016
Attachment
Sequence No.
21
Name(s) shown on return
Your social security number
Part I
Persons or Organizations Who Provided the Care—You must complete this part.
(If you have more than two care providers, see the instructions.)
1
(a) Care provider’s
name
(b) Address
(number, street, apt. no., city, state, and ZIP code)
(c) Identifying number
(SSN or EIN)
(d) Amount paid
(see instructions)
Did you receive
dependent care benefits?
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. If you do, you cannot file Form 1040A. For details,
see the instructions for Form 1040, line 60a, or Form 1040NR, line 59a.
Part II Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses
2 Information about your qualifying person(s). If you have more than two qualifying persons, see the instructions.
(a) Qualifying person’s name
First
Last
(b) Qualifying person’s social
security number
(c) Qualified expenses you
incurred and paid in 2016 for the
person listed in column (a)
3
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 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
4 Enter your earned income. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5
If married filing jointly, enter your spouse’s earned income (if you or your spouse was a
student or was disabled, see the instructions); all others, enter the amount from line 4 .
5
6 Enter the smallest of line 3, 4, or 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 38; Form
1040A, line 22; or Form 1040NR, line 37 . . . . .
7
8 Enter on line 8 the decimal amount shown below that applies to the amount on line 7
If line 7 is:
Over
But not
over
Decimal
amount is
$0—15,000 .35
15,000—17,000 .34
17,000—19,000 .33
19,000—21,000 .32
21,000—23,000 .31
23,000—25,000 .30
25,000—27,000 .29
27,000—29,000 .28
If line 7 is:
Over
But not
over
Decimal
amount is
$29,000—31,000 .27
31,000—33,000 .26
33,000—35,000 .25
35,000—37,000 .24
37,000—39,000 .23
39,000—41,000 .22
41,000—43,000 .21
43,000—No limit .20
8
X .
9 Multiply line 6 by the decimal amount on line 8. If you paid 2015 expenses in 2016, see
the instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
10 Tax liability limit. Enter the amount from the Credit
Limit Worksheet in the instructions. . . . . . .
10
11 Credit for child and dependent care expenses. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10
here and on Form 1040, line 49; Form 1040A, line 31; or Form 1040NR, line 47 . . . .
11
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Cat. No. 11862M
Form 2441 (2016)
Form 2441 (2016)
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Part III Dependent Care Benefits
12
Enter the total amount of dependent care benefits you received in 2016. 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
13 Enter the amount, if any, you carried over from 2015 and used in 2016 during the grace
period. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
14 Enter the amount, if any, you forfeited or carried forward to 2017. See instructions . . . 14
( )
15 Combine lines 12 through 14. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
16 Enter the total amount of qualified expenses incurred
in 2016 for the care of the qualifying person(s) . . .
16
17 Enter the smaller of line 15 or 16 . . . . . . . . 17
18 Enter your earned income. See instructions . . . . 18
19 Enter the amount shown below that applies
to you.
• If married filing jointly, enter your
spouse’s earned income (if you or your
spouse was a student or was disabled,
see the instructions for line 5).
• If married filing separately, see
instructions.
• All others, enter the amount from line 18.
}
. . .
19
20 Enter the smallest of line 17, 18, or 19 . . . . . . 20
21
Enter $5,000 ($2,500 if married filing separately and
you were required to enter your spouse’s earned
income on line 19). . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
22 Is any amount on line 12 from your sole proprietorship or partnership? (Form 1040A filers
go to line 25.)
No. Enter -0-.
Yes. Enter the amount here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
23 Subtract line 22 from line 15 . . . . . . . . .
23
24 Deductible benefits. Enter the smallest of line 20, 21, or 22. Also, include this amount on
the appropriate line(s) of your return. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
25
Excluded benefits. Form 1040 and 1040NR filers: If you checked “No” on line 22, enter
the smaller of line 20 or 21. Otherwise, subtract line 24 from the smaller of line 20 or line
21. If zero or less, enter -0-. Form 1040A filers: Enter the smaller of line 20 or line 21 . .
25
26
Taxable benefits. Form 1040 and 1040NR filers: Subtract line 25 from line 23. 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.”
Form 1040A filers: Subtract line 25 from line 15. Also, include this amount on Form 1040A,
line 7. In the space to the left of line 7, enter “DCB” . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
To claim the child and dependent care
credit, complete lines 27 through 31 below.
27 Enter $3,000 ($6,000 if two or more qualifying persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
28 Form 1040 and 1040NR filers: Add lines 24 and 25. Form 1040A filers: Enter the amount
from line 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
29
Subtract line 28 from line 27. If zero or less, stop. You cannot take the credit.
Exception. If you paid 2015 expenses in 2016, see the instructions for line 9 . . . . .
29
30 Complete line 2 on the front of this form. Do not include in column (c) any benefits shown
on line 28 above. Then, add the amounts in column (c) and enter the total here. . . . .
30
31 Enter the smaller of line 29 or 30. Also, enter this amount on line 3 on the front of this form
and complete lines 4 through 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Form 2441 (2016)
