IT-216 - New York State Child and Dependent Care Credit Claim

Sep 19, 2026

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Claim form IT-216 for New York State child and dependent care credit, aligned with New York City where applicable. Collects payer and taxfiling context, including New York State filing status, federal Form 2441 checkbox A, care provider identities and identifying numbers, addresses, qualifying persons, qualified expenses, and disability information. Guides calculation steps using earned income, qualifying-person limits, worksheet totals, and interactions with Form IT-201/IT-203 amounts and excess-credit determinations for part-year residents.

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Care credit eligibility check

Care providers and identifying information

Qualifying persons and expenses

Worksheet totals and exemption test

Credit calculation lines

Earned income and income limits

New York adjusted gross income and credit amount

Excess credit worksheet steps

Department of Taxation and Finance Claim for Child and Dependent Care Credit New York State • New York City Tax Law – Section 606(c) IT-216 Submit this form with Form IT-201 or IT-203 . | Name(s) as shown on return | Your Social Security number | | --- | --- | | | | 1 Is your New York State filing status Married filing separate return , and did you check box A on your federal Form 2441, Child and Dependent Care Expenses? (If yes, see instructions) ........................................................... Yes 2 Persons or organizations who provided the care. (If you have more than two providers, see instructions.) No | 1st
Care
provider | A – Care provider name (first name, middle initial, and last name, or business name) | | C – Identifying number (SSN or EIN) | | | D – Amount paid (see instr.) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | .00 | | | B – Number and street City State ZIP code | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd
Care
provider | A – Care provider name (first name, middle initial, and last name, or business name) | | C – Identifying number (SSN or EIN) | | | D – Amount paid (see instr.) | | | | | | | | .00 | | | B – Number and street City State ZIP code | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 Total number of qualifying persons you are claiming. 3 List in order from youngest to oldest. (If you are claiming more than five qualifying persons, see instructions.) | A
First
name MI | | B
Last
name Suffix | | C
Qualified
expenses paid | D
Person
with
disability
(see instr.) | | | E
Social Security
number | F
Date of birth
(mmddyyyy) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | .00 | | | | | | | | | | | .00 | | | | | | | | | | | .00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | .00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | .00 | | | | | | Note: If you are claiming expenses paid for a dependent child, include only those qualified expenses paid through the day preceding the child’s 13th birthday. | | | | --- | --- | 3a Total of line 3, column C amounts. Include amounts from additional sheet(s), if any ............................ 3a .00 | | | | --- | --- | 3b Enter the amount from Worksheet 1, line 16, if applicable (see instr.) 3b .00 4 Can you claim an exemption for all the qualified persons listed on line 3 and any additional sheet(s)?......................Yes No 5 Enter the smallest of: – line 3a above; or – line 3b above; or – 3,000 if one qualifying person, 6,000 if two qualifying persons, 7,500 if three qualifying persons, 8,500 if four qualifying persons, or 9,000 if five or more qualifying persons .................................... 6 Enter your earned income (see instructions) ............................................................................................ | 5 | .00 | | --- | --- | | 6 | .00 | Whole dollars only 7 If your filing status is Married filing joint return, enter your spouse’s earned income; all others, enter the amount from line 6 (see instructions) .................................................................... 8 Enter the smallest of line 5, 6, or 7. (If the amount is zero or less, enter 0.) ................................................ | 7 | .00 | | --- | --- | | 8 | .00 | 9 Enter the amount from Form IT-201, line 19 or IT-203, line 19, Federal amount column ............................................ 9 .00 10 Enter the decimal amount that applies to the amount on line 9 from the Table for line 10 in the instr. .. 11 Multiply line 8 by the decimal amount on line 10 (enter here and on line 12 on the back) ........................... 10 11 .00 216001250094 IT-216 (2025) (back) | | | | --- | --- | 12 Amount from line 11 ..................................................................................

FAQs

What filing forms must be submitted with IT-216?

Submit IT-216 with Form IT-201 or Form IT-203.

What information is required for each care provider?

For each provider, enter the care provider name, identifying number (SSN or EIN), and address details including city, state, and ZIP code.

How does IT-216 determine the New York child and dependent care credit?

It uses line-based calculations combining qualifying expenses, earned income limits, New York adjusted gross income, and decimal factors from the limitation table in the instructions, then applies excess-credit logic for part-year residents.

Sep 19, 2026

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