How to enter unused dependent care expense for an employer permitted carry forward
Updated: 12/11/2012
Article ID: HOW18796
This scenario applies to your tax return if all of the following apply:
- You have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to pay for child dependent care expense
- There is an amount you did not receive
- You are permitted by your employer to carry forward and use it in the following year during a grace period.
Workaround for Desktop only
- In TurboTax desktop, open your tax return.
- Go to Forms mode.
- Select Form 2441.
- Enter the amount you carried over from 2011 and used in 2012 on Line 13.
- Enter the amount you carried forward to 2013 on Line 14.