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What is the name of your state?
California
I got audited for 2001 because my daughter's father claimed her as a dependant and he was not sapposed to. I dug out receipts, mortgage statments, verything and beat the audit. Yippee.
The only part they didn't accept is the child care section. I had a babysitter, a friend, not a relative, who watched my daughter.
As this was a casual arangement I paid the sitter in cash.
I told this to the auditor and they asked for a receipt. They said that was all they needed.
The sitter wrote out an signed a reciept and I faxed it back into the IRS.
Then they called to say they could not accept it and needed my cancelled checks as reciepts. I didn't pay by check though, I paid with cash.
What more can I do? I could have the sitter write out individual receipts.
Or am I just out of luck because I didn't pay with a check?? This harldy seems fair. The total that I owe is only about $550, much less than the audit so I feel like I am kinda lucky, but then I know I paid for a sitter and should be entitled to this credit, any advice? Do I need a tax lawyer?
California
I got audited for 2001 because my daughter's father claimed her as a dependant and he was not sapposed to. I dug out receipts, mortgage statments, verything and beat the audit. Yippee.
The only part they didn't accept is the child care section. I had a babysitter, a friend, not a relative, who watched my daughter.
As this was a casual arangement I paid the sitter in cash.
I told this to the auditor and they asked for a receipt. They said that was all they needed.
The sitter wrote out an signed a reciept and I faxed it back into the IRS.
Then they called to say they could not accept it and needed my cancelled checks as reciepts. I didn't pay by check though, I paid with cash.
What more can I do? I could have the sitter write out individual receipts.
Or am I just out of luck because I didn't pay with a check?? This harldy seems fair. The total that I owe is only about $550, much less than the audit so I feel like I am kinda lucky, but then I know I paid for a sitter and should be entitled to this credit, any advice? Do I need a tax lawyer?