What if I am a licensed daycare operator?
You may be able to claim a credit for the care of your own child if your child was younger than age 6 at the end of 2019.
Your credit amount depends on your child’s age at the end of 2019.
• If your child was 16 months or younger, the credit is based on $3,000 of qualied expenses ($6,000 if you cared for two children age 16
months or younger)
• If your child was older than 16 months but younger than age six, the credit is based on the amount you would charge for a child of the same
age being cared for in your home for the same number of hours (up to the maximum amounts)
To correctly determine your credit, you must complete a separate federal Form 2441 using the expense amounts above instead of your actual
expenses. If you are married, each spouse must complete a separate earned income worksheet. Include the result on the appropriate earned
income line or lines on your recomputed Form 2441.
Include the recomputed Form 2441 you used to determine your Minnesota credit when you le Form M1.
Place an X in the appropriate box above line 1 and enter your day care license number in the space provided.
Line Instrucons
Round amounts to the nearest whole dollar.
Line 1 — Federal Adjusted Gross Income
Enter your federal adjusted gross income from your 2019 federal return. If the amount is less than zero, enter the negative number and put
parentheses around it. If you did not le a 2019 federal return, use a federal return and instructions to determine what your federal ad justed
gross income would have been.
Line 2
If your federal adjusted gross income is less than or equal to $52,230, skip line 3. Enter the amount from line 9 of federal Form 2441 on lines
2 and 4 of Schedule M1CD.
Line 3
If line 1 is more than $52,230, complete the Worksheet for Line 3.
Worksheet for Line 3 (If Line 1 is More Than $52,230)
1 Enter the amount from line 1
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2 Income limit
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3 Subtract step 2 from step 1
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4 Multiply step 3 by 5% (.05)
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5 If you have one qualifying dependent, enter $600.If you have two or more qualifying dependents, enter $1,200
.....
6 Subtract step 4 from step 5. Enter the result here and on line 3 of Schedule M1CD (if less than zero, enter $0) ......
$52,230
Worksheet for Child Born in 2019
If you completed federal Form 2441 to claim the federal credit, you must also complete a separate Form 2441 to determine your Minnesota
credit. If you did not claim the federal credit or le a federal return, complete a Form 2441 to determine your Minnesota credit. Follow the
instructions below to complete the Form 2441 you will use for Minnesota purposes.
1 Enter the amount from line 4 of Form 2441 .......................................................... 1
2 Enter the amount from line 5 of Form 2441 .......................................................... 2
3 Add steps 1 and 2 ............................................................................... 3
4 Determine the amount to enter on line 6 of Form 2441 as follows:
a. For the child born in 2019, enter the smaller of:
1) $3,000 ($6,000 for two or more children); or 2) the amount from step 3 ................................ 4a
b. If you had another child (or children) born before January 1, 2019, enter the smallest of:
1) your actual qualied child care expenses paid for them; 2) amount on step 1; or 3) amount on step 2 ........ 4b
c. Enter the smaller of:
1) the total of steps 4a and 4b above; or 2) $6,000 ................................................... 4c
Enter the amount from 4c on line 6 of Form 2441. Complete the rest of Form 2441 and Minnesota Schedule M1CD to determine your
Minnesota credit. Place an X in the appropriate box above line 1 of Schedule M1CD.
Quesons? Need forms?
• Website: www.revenue.state.mn.us
• Email: individual.incometax@state.mn.us
• Phone: 651-296-3781 or 1-800-652-9094