Federal Individual 2010: Certain Customers and Child Care Credit

You may be affected if ALL of the following are true:

• You filed your 2010 federal tax return prior to February 17, 2011 AND
• You entered child care expenses for a child or dependent who was not under the age of 13 at the end of 2010 AND
• The child or dependent was not disabled.

If you are affected, your tax return includes an incorrect child care credit. If so, you need to amend your federal tax return.

You must also amend your state return if you filed a return in any of the following states:

If you need to contact us, please use the phone number in the email from TurboTax and tell the representative you’re calling about Federal: Child Care Credit – Child Not Under 13.

Let us do the work for you. We highly recommend this.

1. Please download and print this Authorization Form.
2. Complete the form and fax it to us at the number printed at the top of the form.
3. A TurboTax representative will contact you (within 6 days) when your corrected return is ready to be securely emailed back to you.
4. You can print, sign and mail the corrected return to the IRS.

Or you can make the corrections yourself. However, the amend process can be complex.

• To do it yourself, please follow these step-by-step instructions for:
  
  • Amending your federal return and
  • Amending your state return, if your state return is affected
• After you make the changes to your tax return, you will need to mail a copy of
  • Your federal return to the IRS and
  • Your state return to your state tax authority, if your state return is affected
• If you need assistance, call us at the phone number in the TurboTax email.