What is “cost of work related child care expenses” and “child rearing expenses” in Arkansas?
<p>I and my ex have a 50/50 joint custody in Arkansas. I have child one week, and then he has the child for one week. I pay to my ex $1,000 a month in child support, because I work full time and my ex is unemployed.</p>
<p>I’ve been researching the child support law <a href="https://www.arcourts.gov/child-support-calculator/ChildSupp.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.arcourts.gov/child-support-calculator/ChildSupp.html</a>, and found out I could get extra credit for</p>
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<li><strong>Cost of work related child care expenses.</strong> I tried to google what that exactly is, but could not find. Is this a “day care” credit. I put my child in day care since I work during the day. Can I deduct that day care credit?</li>
<li>Child rearing expenses. I tried to google this. Not sure what this is? One example of “child rearing expense”?</li>
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<p>Child rearing expenses is defined on the form. It is equal to:</p>
<p>Cost of the child’s health insurance + Child’s extraordinary medical expenses + Cost of work-related child care expenses.</p>
<p>Work-related child care expenses, as you correctly determine, is basically, day-care costs, although it could include any child care expenses that you incur solely because you need child care while you are working.</p>
<p>Cost of the child's health insurance is fairly straightforward.</p>
<p>For <em>extraordinary</em> medical expenses the emphasis is on extraordinary.</p>

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