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Child care is expensive — and if you’re a working parent or caregiver, you’ve probably felt the sting. But here’s the good news: if you paid for child or dependent care so you could work or look for ...

The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit can reduce your tax liability based on eligible care expenses for children or dependents. The idea behind the credit is that you and/or your spouse can either ...

The child and dependent care credit helps you recoup some of the costs of paying for care while you’re at work. The value of the credit is a percentage of the expenses you paid. That percentage varies ...

The Employer-Provided Childcare Tax Credit just got a revamp. Before CAKES body cofounder Taylor Capuano had her moment of fame on Shark Tank in 2023 for putting one of her retail company’s nipple ...

Teacher Evelina Jimenez works with kids during Modesto Schools sponsored child care program at Muir Elementary School in Modesto, Calif., on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Modesto City Schools has been ...

Sarah Foster, 35, quit her job in the summer of 2024 after the stress of parenting and working full time led to anxiety, depression, vascular disease and chronic pain in her neck and shoulders. She ...