If you have to pay for care for your children or dependents, you may qualify for the child and dependent care tax credit.

Child care is expensive — and if you’re a working parent or caregiver, you’ve probably felt the sting. But here’s the good news: if you paid for child or dependent care so you could work or look for ...

The child and dependent care credit helps you recoup some of the costs of paying for care while you’re at work. The value of the credit is a percentage of the expenses you paid. That percentage varies ...