On this worksheet, you enter your information that will be used to calculate the credit for child and dependent care expenses and the exclusion for dependent care benefits. These tax benefits are determined on Form 2441. By using this centralized worksheet to enter your data, we give you the flexibility to switch back and forth between Forms 1040 and 1040A.
We provide space for four care providers, although the IRS forms have space for only two. If you have one or two care providers, information about them will carry to Form 2441. If you have more than two care providers, instead of carrying the data to the IRS form, we print "See worksheet" in the space for care provider information on the form. In that case, you should attach this worksheet to your return.