Originally Posted by MyAngels:
To claim the other snack (over and above what you've been reimbursed for) you could add in another 1,296 snacks (based on the picture you posted), giving you an additional deduction of $946.08 at the current rates.
I keep a meals and snacks tally along with my attendance records to make this easier at the end of the year.
Also, don't forget to calculate mileage for any trips that are more than 50% for your daycare. I overlooked that for a number of years. My mileage mainly comes from trips to deposit daycare payments and for hitting garage sales, but it's a few hundred dollars every year.
Don't forget to include things like landscaping, cleaning and paper products, anything that the daycare even uses only sparingly (I once included a bathroom scale because they like to play with it when we're in the bathroom 
).
And I agree, taxes suck 
Boy that helps me alot! Can you tell me how to get that figure? How's it figured out?