Originally Posted by Mariposa:
That is true. I have been keeping tabs of everything shared and percentage-down to the trashbags I do have nonschool day and before|after so I calculate hours of care in the week for it, but it will get tricky during transitions to breaks.
You really don't need to do that. You are working harder at tracking expenses than you need too.
If you use it 100% for DC, record it that way. If it is used for the household and DC than record it for time/space. (Your time space will vary year to year but mine avg 30%) If it is 100% for the household, record it that way. I use quicken, others use spreadsheets, and others use kidkare.
That is really all that you need to do for your taxes. All the work you are doing counting each trash bag used it not going to matter when you do your taxes.
If you you use a sign in sheet it will keep track of hours worked. Then you only have record hours outside of open hours that you work. Tom says you only need to track them during two months a year and then avg it out for the year.
Have you checked out Tom Copeland blog?
www.tomcopelandblog.com He has great resources on how to track expenses and hours.