Hundreds of Eligible Expenses
You can use your take care® by WageWorks Dependent Care FSA to pay for a huge variety of child and elder care services. The IRS determines which expenses are eligible for reimbursement. Eligible Child Care Expenses
Keep Your Receipts
It's important to keep receipts and other supporting documentation related to your take care by WageWorks 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.
Eligible Child Care Expenses
Search Childcare Eligible Expenses
| Child Care Expenses | Eligible |
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| Activity fees | |
| After school program |  |
| Au Pair | |
| Babysitting (work-related, in your home or someone else's home) | |
| Babysitting (not work-related, for other purpose) | |
| Babysitting by your relative who is not a tax dependent (work-related) | |
| Babysitting by your tax dependent (work-related or for other purpose) | |
| Before or after school programs | |
| Child care | |
| Dance Lessons | |
| Dependent care (while you work, to enable you to work or look for work) | |
| Educational, learning or study skills services | |
| Extended care (supervised program before or after regular school hours) | |
| Field trips | |
| Household services (housekeeper, maid, cook, etc) | |
| Housekeeper who cares for child (only portion of payment attributable to work-related child care) | |
| Kindergarten tuition | |
| Language classes | |
| Late payment fees | |
| Meals, food or snacks | |
| Medical care | |
| Nanny | |
| Nursery school | |
| Payroll taxes related to eligible care | |
| Piano lessons | |
| Preschool | |
| Private school tuition (for kindergarten and up) | |
| Registration fees (required for eligible care, after actual services are received) | |
| Registration fees (required for eligible care, prior to actual services received) | |
| School tuition | |
| Sick child care | |
| Sleep-away camp | |
| Summer day camp | |
| Total payments (transferred from previous administrator) | |
| Transportation to and from eligible care (not provided by your care provider) | |
| Transportation to and from eligible care (provided by your care provider) | |
| Tutoring | |