Registering as a childcare provider? I accumulate childcare expenses throughout the year. I don’t know the exact terminology, but formal childcare providers have a tax ID that I use when trying to deduct child care costs from my 1040, or when filing for a reimbursement on a dependent care FSA. I occasionally use friends/family members as a childcare resource, and I just pay them di…

Childcare FSA – employer not paying We signed up for the maximum dependent childcare FSA deposit ($5,000) this year. However, it was clear by early June that we were not going to use it all. In addition, my wife became unemployed around the same time. We needed the money so we requested the withdrawals to stop. There was lots of back and forth between HR and myself until late July…