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If you claim the credit and your filing status is married filing separately, you are required to show you meet the special requirements listed later under Married Persons Filing Separately by checking the checkbox located on line A above Part I on Form 2441. See Line A, later, for more information.  \nPurpose of Form  \nIf you paid someone to care for your child or other qualifying person so you (or your spouse if filing jointly) could work or look for work in 2025, you may be able to take the credit for child and dependent care expenses.  \nIn addition, if you (or your spouse if filing jointly) received any dependent care benefits for 2025, you must use Form 2441 to figure the amount, if any, of the benefits you can exclude from your income. You must complete Part III of Form 2441 before you can figure the credit, if any, in Part II.  \nYou (and your spouse if filing jointly) must have earned income to take the credit or exclude dependent care benefits from your income. But see If You or Your Spouse Was a Student or Disabled, later, if either of these circumstances applies.  \nAdditional information. See Pub. 503 for more details.  \nDefinitions  \nDependent Care Benefits  \nDependent care benefits may include:  \n• Amounts your employer paid directly to either you or your care provider for the care of your qualifying person(s) while you worked,  \n• The fair market value of care in a daycare facility provided or sponsored by your employer, and  \n• Pre-tax contributions you made under a dependent care flexible spending account.  \nYour salary may have been reduced to pay for these benefits. If you received dependent care benefits as an employee, they should be shown in box 10 of your Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. Benefits you received as a partner should be shown in box 13 of your Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) with code O.  \nQualifying Person(s)  \nA qualifying person is any of the following.  \n1. A qualifying child under age 13 whom you can claim as a dependent. If the child turned 13 during the year, the child is a qualifying person for the part of the year they were under age 13.  \n2. Your disabled spouse who wasn't physically or mentally able to care for themselves and lived with you for more than half the year.  \n3. Any disabled person who wasn't physically or mentally able to care for themselves who lived with you for more than half the year and whom you can claim as a dependent or could claim as a dependent except:  \na. The disabled person had gross income of $5,200 or more,  \nb. The disabled person filed a joint return, or  \nc. You (or your spouse if filing jointly) could be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer's 2025 tax return.  \nIf you are divorced or separated, see Special rule for children of divorced or separated parents or parents who live apart below.  \nTo find out who is a qualifying child and who is a dependent and for information about an adopted child or foster child, see Pub. 501, Dependents, Standard Deduction, and Filing Information. See Pub. 503 for information about the birth or death of an otherwise qualifying person.  \n!   \nCAUTION  \nTo be a qualifying person, generally the person must have lived with you for more than half of 2025.  \nPhysically or mentally not able to care for oneself. Persons who can't dress, clean, or feed themselves because of physical or mental disabilities are considered not able to care for themselves. 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