Recent content by Doxielvr3

Thank you, thank you!!!!

I don't have a daycare. I am just Grandma

No she does not claim child care credit? We looked into the 72T but didn't do it because we were confused and our savings in loan that has our IRA didn't have any clue about how to help us either. Not much confidence there, I can promise you that.

That is wonderful news. My daughter said, Mom how can I help out when she saw I was looking to have to go to work. I said, we make it ok except the house payment is the hardest one to make. She said I want to do what I can because I love you guys. But I can tell her to stop though if it is...

I actually have been watching them for years for free. My daughter said, I don't want you to have to go to work so I will help out. She chose to do this on her own. I don't really feel it is payment for watching the children. I was just trying to figure out exactly what to do about this. Not to...

Actually you are correct. I would watch these children regardless if she were helping me out. She wants to help us and chose to do so. She also sometimes buys us groceries. She does this on her own and we did not ask this of her.

She has only been paying our house payment since January. Not last year so this is what I was trying to figure out for the future. She wanted to help us out because if I went to work I couldn't stay home to watch her babies. So yes to me this is a gift for us both

So even though she doesn't actually give us the money but pays our house payment monthly to help us out that is considered income?

My husband is 57 and has been out of work for 2 years. We have been living on savings and I watch our grandchildren while my daughter works. She helps us out in many ways. To be able not to dip into our savings our daughter has been helping out with our house payment which is less that she...