where do i enter the hours spent cleaning, doing laundry and meal prepping for a home daycare business

[lyndaj0331]

I have not done a daycare before.  Can someone please help me with where I enter the hours spent cleaning, doing laundry and meal prepping for a home daycare business.  Thank you.

[Accountant-Man]

Does your client pay herself?

[IRonMaN]

If you are looking for a specific deduction for that time, no place.  If this is the first daycare business you are doing, in fairness to yourself and your client, you might want to do a little research before you dig into the return.  

[abctax55]

I often use the line "you/your hours are worthless in the eyes of the IRS".

@lyndaj0331  = read up on 'sweat equity'.   

[Accountant-Man]

I prefer to say that they are like the Mastercard, "priceless."

[abctax55]

@Accountant-Man 

I bet they like your version a lot more than mine 😉

[BobKamman]

I think the question might involve Lines 4 through 7 of the Form 8829:

4 Multiply days used for daycare during year by hours used per day 
5 If you started or stopped using your home for daycare during the year, see instructions; otherwise, enter 8,784

6 Divide line 4 by line 5. Enter the result as a decimal amount 
7 Business percentage. For daycare facilities not used exclusively for business, multiply line 6 by line 3 (enter the result as a percentage). All others, enter the amount from line 3 .

[abctax55]

Bob....  possibly.   

Not exactly how the OP presented the info, but we know how that goes 😉

[lyndaj0331]

Thank you - that was the direction i was leaning.  I have done quite a bit of research and just didn't find anything that definitively explained that the hours used could include the time cleaning and prepping.