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b2b777
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My DS attends nursery school 2x per week for only 2 hrs per day. My accountant is asking me to provide a tax ID # for the school to write it off as a deduction. The school is in a church. Does anyone else do this? I feel weird about it -- doesnt seem legit.

Posted 1/28/16 3:18 PM
 
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Yes, this is common. When my children were in preschool, it was in a church, but the school itself had it's own Tax ID number. I'm sure if you ask an administrator they can help you.

Posted 1/28/16 3:21 PM
 

b2b777
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Posted by jea128

Yes, this is common. When my children were in preschool, it was in a church, but the school itself had it's own Tax ID number. I'm sure if you ask an administrator they can help you.



interesting... not sure why this felt weird/wrong lol...thanks!

Posted 1/28/16 3:22 PM
 

MrsT809
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Yes our school director mentioned it and they put the tax id number right in the receipt.

Posted 1/28/16 3:26 PM
 

ANewDayHasCome
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We received a print out from the school automatically with all of our 2015 expenses and their tax idea without even asking. I think it's standard of people write some of it off.

id autocorrected to idea

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Posted 1/28/16 4:45 PM
 

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the only thing I heard is you can only write it off if both parents work. don't know how true that is though. but we write off daycare and prek with our taxes but we do both work full time

Posted 1/28/16 5:10 PM
 

alexb
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Can you really write off nursery/daycare? I have been asking my accountant for years and he said we couldn't. We both work btw....

Posted 1/28/16 5:49 PM
 

Sonervous
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You can only write off daycare/nursery school if you work. When i stayed home I couldn't write off my sons preschool expenses.

Posted 1/28/16 5:51 PM
 

Sonervous
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Re: nursery school...

Posted by alexb

Can you really write off nursery/daycare? I have been asking my accountant for years and he said we couldn't. We both work btw....



I really hope there is a reason for that because absolutely you can. My sons daycare gives me a print out with the total for the year. Same thing with aftercare for my older one.

Posted 1/28/16 5:53 PM
 

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Re: nursery school...

Posted by Sonervous

Posted by alexb

Can you really write off nursery/daycare? I have been asking my accountant for years and he said we couldn't. We both work btw....



I really hope there is a reason for that because absolutely you can. My sons daycare gives me a print out with the total for the year. Same thing with aftercare for my older one.



So strange... Im going to ask him again. I really hope i can get some type of credit- anything would help!

Posted 1/28/16 5:57 PM
 

Pumpkin1
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Re: nursery school...

Posted by alexb

Posted by Sonervous

Posted by alexb

Can you really write off nursery/daycare? I have been asking my accountant for years and he said we couldn't. We both work btw....



I really hope there is a reason for that because absolutely you can. My sons daycare gives me a print out with the total for the year. Same thing with aftercare for my older one.



So strange... Im going to ask him again. I really hope i can get some type of credit- anything would help!



There is a cap and it phases out based upon income.

Posted 1/28/16 6:01 PM
 

ElizaRags35
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Re: nursery school...

Posted by ANewDayHasCome

We received a print out from the school automatically with all of our 2015 expenses and their tax idea without even asking. I think it's standard of people write some of it off.

id autocorrected to idea



Same here.

We haven't gotten it yet this year but I'm sure we will soon.

Posted 1/28/16 6:29 PM
 

ElizaRags35
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Re: nursery school...

Posted by alexb

Posted by Sonervous

Posted by alexb

Can you really write off nursery/daycare? I have been asking my accountant for years and he said we couldn't. We both work btw....



I really hope there is a reason for that because absolutely you can. My sons daycare gives me a print out with the total for the year. Same thing with aftercare for my older one.



So strange... Im going to ask him again. I really hope i can get some type of credit- anything would help!



https://www.irs.gov/uac/Ten-Things-to-Know-About-the-Child-and-Dependent-Care-Credit

Posted 1/28/16 6:34 PM
 

alexb
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Re: nursery school...

Posted by Pumpkin1

Posted by alexb

Posted by Sonervous

Posted by alexb

Can you really write off nursery/daycare? I have been asking my accountant for years and he said we couldn't. We both work btw....



I really hope there is a reason for that because absolutely you can. My sons daycare gives me a print out with the total for the year. Same thing with aftercare for my older one.



So strange... Im going to ask him again. I really hope i can get some type of credit- anything would help!



There is a cap and it phases out based upon income.



That would make sense then... Cause ive literally have asked for years and he said we cant get any credit:(

Posted 1/28/16 8:17 PM
 
 

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