How do I claim expenses as a 1040?

Filing Taxes on H&R block-Daycare expenses?

• I just filed (but didnt mail in yet) my taxes through H&R Block Tax Cut. Entered all my info and printed the completed forms. I'm married, filing jointly, have a 3 yr old and a 9 mth old, included mortage interest and real estate tax. When I tired to enter my daycare expenses, it said I didnt need to b/c the standard deductions were higher. People are telling me I can still claim the daycare without itemizing it. How and where? I did this online - not with a rep at the office. Also, if I do include the daycare (which I spent the $6,000. max allowed for both children) and multiply that by 0.20 according to the 2441 form, it comes to 1200. to put on the 1040 form. Will I get more of a refund if I add the daycare expenses? If I dont, can my refund be larger (as it is than last year and I did NOT include the daycare this time around) P.S. I left the program take me through all the steps. I just entered what was on my W2's, mortgage int., real est. tax and it was done.

• Answer:

  I used the same program and was able to claim my daycare expenses. It's one of the screens talking about medical expenses and it also includes daycare expenses as one of the options. You must make sure you enter those in order to get the daycare credit.