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Child and Dependent Care Expense Deduction
Form 2441-M

2023 Child and Dependent Care Expense Deductions 15-30-2131, MCA Form 2441-M V1 4/2023 Clear Form Social Security Numbers Your First Name and Initial Last Name Spouse’s First Name and Initial Last Name 1. Enter the number of qualifying individuals you cared for in 2023.......................... 1. 2. Enter the lesser of your actual amount of dependent care expenses paid in 2023, or the amount listed below ● $2,400 for one qualifying individual ● $3,600 for two qualifying individuals ● $4,800 for three or more qualifying individuals................................................... 2.$ 3. Add the amounts in columns A and B, line 14 of Form 2 ● If line 3 above is $18,000 or less, stop here and enter the amount from line 2 above on Form 2, Itemized Deductions Schedule, line 14. (If you are married filing separately on the same form, enter one-half of the amount from line 2 in columns A and B.) ● If line 3 is $18,001 or greater, complete lines 4 through 7 below.................... 3.$ 4. Your Montana adjusted gross income base amount is entered here 4. $18,000 5. Subtract line 4 from line 3............................................................................................ 5.$ 6. Multiply line 5 by 50% (0.50)....................................................................................... 6.$ 7. Subtract line 6 from line 2. ● If your result is zero or less, stop here, you are not allowed this deduction. ● If your result is greater than zero, enter the amount from line 7 above on Form 2, Itemized Deductions Schedule, line 14. (If you are married filing separately on the same form, enter one-half of the amount from line 7 in columns A and B.) This is your child and dependent care expense deduction............................ 7.$ If you file your Montana tax return electronically, you do not need to mail this form to us unless we ask you for a copy. When you file electronically, you represent that you have retained the required documents in your tax records and will provide them upon the department’s request. Form 2441-M Instructions Am I eligible to claim the child and dependent care expense deduction? If I care for my own child in my licensed daycare do I qualify for this deduction? You are eligible to take this deduction if you paid expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment in order to maintain a household that includes, as a member of the household, one or more qualifying individuals. You qualify for this deduction if you are a licensed and registered daycare provider who operates a family daycare home or a group daycare home and care for your own child and at least one unrelated child. The amount of dependent care expenses that you can claim for your own child cannot be greater than the amount you charge for the care of an unrelated child. Your expenses are equal to the expenses that you charge for a child of the same age and for the same number of hours of care regardless of whether you actually paid these expenses for the care of your child or not. A qualified individual is a: ● dependent under the age of 15 that you may claim as a dependent on your income tax return; or ● dependent who, regardless of age, is unable to care for himself or herself because of a physical or mental illness; or ● spouse who is unable to care for himself or herself because of a physical or mental illness. Important: You cannot claim this deduction for payments made to: 1. individuals that you claim as dependents on your Montana income tax return in the same tax year; or 2. your child, if the child hasn’t turned 19 years old by the end of the tax year. How do I determine if I maintain a household that entitles me to claim this deduction? If you furnish over half the cost to maintain the household for the tax year, you qualify as maintaining a household. If you are married, both you and your spouse are required to provide over half the cost to maintain the household. The cost to maintain a household includes, but is not limited to, expenses paid for property taxes, property insurance, mortgage interest, rent, utilities, upkeep, repairs and food consumed on the premises. Expenses do not include such costs as clothing, education, medical treatment, vacations, life insurance or transportation. What if the expense qualifies as both an employment-related expense and a medical expense? You may treat it as either an employment-related expense or a medical expense as long as you do not deduct it twice. If you treat the deduction as a medical expense, the part of that expense that is not deductible because of the medical itemized deduction limitation cannot be used as part of your employment-related expenses. Administrative Rules of Montana: 42.15.427 Questions? Call us at (406) 444-6900, or Montana Relay at 711 for the hearing impaired.
Extracted from PDF file 2023-montana-form-2441-m.pdf, last modified May 2023

More about the Montana Form 2441-M Individual Income Tax TY 2023

We last updated the Child and Dependent Care Expense Deduction in February 2024, so this is the latest version of Form 2441-M, fully updated for tax year 2023. You can download or print current or past-year PDFs of Form 2441-M directly from TaxFormFinder. You can print other Montana tax forms here.

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Montana usually releases forms for the current tax year between January and April. We last updated Montana Form 2441-M from the Department of Revenue in February 2024.

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