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  • Lyss
    Chaos Coordinator :)
    • Apr 2012
    • 1429

    Bartering Services Question

    This is kind of a weird situation. Long story short, I have a client who offered to spilt a private school spot between her daughter and mine. So my daughter would go 2 days a week and hers would go three.

    Basically the trade would be my daycare services for her child on the days my daughter goes to school plus to/from transportation of her oldest and my daughter 1 day a week in exchange for her covering tuition and after school fees. She would also transport one of the two days (her oldest goes 5 days in the kindergarten program, my daughter and her youngest would split a spot in the prek class.)

    So my question is... is there a way to claim bartered services? What about the meals served to her child and the mileage? Or no? I'm thinking it's probably a no but it doesn't hurt to ask

    Thanks!
  • LysesKids
    Daycare.com Member
    • May 2014
    • 2836

    #2
    Originally posted by Lyss
    This is kind of a weird situation. Long story short, I have a client who offered to spilt a private school spot between her daughter and mine. So my daughter would go 2 days a week and hers would go three.

    Basically the trade would be my daycare services for her child on the days my daughter goes to school plus to/from transportation of her oldest and my daughter 1 day a week in exchange for her covering tuition and after school fees. She would also transport one of the two days (her oldest goes 5 days in the kindergarten program, my daughter and her youngest would split a spot in the prek class.)

    So my question is... is there a way to claim bartered services? What about the meals served to her child and the mileage? Or no? I'm thinking it's probably a no but it doesn't hurt to ask

    Thanks!
    Is what your dd is getting from having preschool paid (inc ride) equal to the childcare services you will be providing (inc ride) or is the value unequal? You have to look at it from a money valuation because that's how it will be taxed on your 1040 if I'm not mistaken

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    • TomCopeland
      Business Author/Trainer
      • Jun 2010
      • 3062

      #3
      bartering

      Originally posted by Lyss
      This is kind of a weird situation. Long story short, I have a client who offered to spilt a private school spot between her daughter and mine. So my daughter would go 2 days a week and hers would go three.

      Basically the trade would be my daycare services for her child on the days my daughter goes to school plus to/from transportation of her oldest and my daughter 1 day a week in exchange for her covering tuition and after school fees. She would also transport one of the two days (her oldest goes 5 days in the kindergarten program, my daughter and her youngest would split a spot in the prek class.)

      So my question is... is there a way to claim bartered services? What about the meals served to her child and the mileage? Or no? I'm thinking it's probably a no but it doesn't hurt to ask

      Thanks!
      You have to treat bartering as if money changed hands. So, you would have to report as income the amount you would have been paid for caring for this child. She would have to report as income the amount she would have received from you. The transportation would be included in the amount this service is worth.
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      • Lyss
        Chaos Coordinator :)
        • Apr 2012
        • 1429

        #4
        Originally posted by LysesKids
        Is what your dd is getting from having preschool paid (inc ride) equal to the childcare services you will be providing (inc ride) or is the value unequal? You have to look at it from a money valuation because that's how it will be taxed on your 1040 if I'm not mistaken
        Yes, it's pretty equal. This was the first thing I figured out. I love this family and I don't want either of us to feel taken advantage of.

        Originally posted by TomCopeland
        You have to treat bartering as if money changed hands. So, you would have to report as income the amount you would have been paid for caring for this child. She would have to report as income the amount she would have received from you. The transportation would be included in the amount this service is worth.
        Ok. That makes sense! Thanks!

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