You can use your Kazdon Dependent Care FSA to pay for a huge variety of child and elder care services.
The IRS determines which expenses are eligible for reimbursement. While this list identifies the eligibility of some of the most common dependent care expenses, it’s not meant to be comprehensive. Please check with your tax professional if you have questions about whether a particular expense is eligible for reimbursement under this program.
Keep Your Receipts
It’s important to keep receipts and other supporting documentation related to your Kazdon Dependent Care FSA expenses and reimbursement requests. The IRS requires appropriate documentation for all Dependent Care FSA reimbursements. Reimbursement requests must include an itemized statement from the dependent care provider that includes: service dates, dependent’s name, type of service, amount billed, and provider’s name and address. Credit card receipts, canceled checks, and balance forward statements do not meet the requirements for acceptable documentation.
| Expenses | Ellegible |
|---|---|
| Activity fees | NO |
| Adult daycare center | YES |
| After school program | YES |
| Au Pair | YES |
| Babysitting (not work-related, for other purpose) | NO |
| Babysitting (work-related, in your home or someone else's home) | YES |
| Babysitting by your relative who is not a tax dependent (work-related) | YES |
| Babysitting by your tax dependent (work-related or for other purpose) | NO |
| Before or after school programs | YES |
| Child care | YES |
| Custodial elder care (not work-related, for other purpose) | NO |
| Custodial elder care (work-related) | YES |
| Dance Lessons | NO |
| Day nursing care, if primarily for dependent care | YES |
| Dependent care (while you work, to enable you to work or look for work) | YES |
| Educational, learning or study skills services | NO |
| Elder care (in your home or someone else's) | YES |
| Elder care (while you work, to enable you to work or look for work) | YES |
| Extended care (supervised program before or after regular school hours) | YES |
| Field trips | NO |
| Household services (housekeeper, maid, cook, etc) | NO |
| Housekeeper who cares for child (only portion of payment attributable to work-related child care) | YES |
| Kindergarten tuition | NO |
| Language classes | NO |
| Late payment fees | NO |
| Meals, food or snacks | NO |
| Medical care | NO |
| Nanny | YES |
| Nursery school | YES |
| Nursing home care | NO |
| Payroll taxes related to eligible care | YES |
| Piano lessons | NO |
| Preschool | YES |
| Private school tuition (for kindergarten and up) | NO |
| Registration fees (required for eligible care, after actual services are received) | YES |
| Registration fees (required for eligible care, prior to actual services received) | NO |
| School tuition | NO |
| Senior daycare | YES |
| Sick child care | YES |
| Sleep-away camp | NO |
| Summer day camp | YES |
| Total payments (transferred from previous administrator) | YES |
| Transportation to and from eligible care (not provided by your care provider) | NO |
| Transportation to and from eligible care (provided by your care provider) | YES |
| Tutoring | NO |
