Parents and children

It is important to enter the child care expenses, the fitness, as well as recreation and children’s arts amounts into the profile of the dependant for whom the expenses were paid.

Enter the duration of the special case situation for federal child care expenses in the profile of the person with the highest net income.

Interview setup – Dependant

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UFile screen

Under Interview tab

Dependant sub-tab is highlighted

Child care, Fitness and recreation and Children's arts amount topics are highlighted

Click the dependant's sub-tab.

UFile tip

Child care, Fitness and recreation and Children’s arts amount topics were automatically generated in the left-side menu because of the year of birth that was entered on the Dependant ID page.

Click Child care in the left-side menu.

Child care expenses incurred for this dependant

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UFile screen

Under Interview tab

Dependant sub-tab

Child care topic is highlighted

Child care expenses incurred for this dependant page

Daycare (includes day camp), Camp (dependant stayed overnight), Boarding school and Babysitter are highlighted

Click the + sign next to the type of child care expenses you want to add for this child.

Child care expenses - Babysitter

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UFile screen

Under Interview tab

Dependant sub-tab

Babysitter topic is highlighted

Child care expenses – Babysitter page is highlighted

Back arrow button is highlighted

Next button is highlighted

For example, if you selected Babysitter:

Enter the expenses that can be claimed in the federal tax return.
Enter the expenses that can be claimed in the Quebec income tax return found in column E of the RL-24 slip.
Enter the babysitter’s information (note that the SIN is required).
If you have several receipts for the same child, click the back arrow between the Previous and Next buttons to return to the screen where you can choose the type of child care expenses you want to add for this child.
Click Next.

UFile tip

The software automatically reduces the maximum amount that can be claimed for some child care expenses if they exceed the government-set limits.

In the case of a couple, UFile will determine which person will claim the child care expenses in their Quebec income tax return. For the federal tax return, UFile will claim the expenses in the tax return of the person with the lower net income, unless a special case exists.