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The child- and dependent-care tax credit is a type of tax credit that is subtracted directly from one's total tax liability, dollar for dollar, as opposed to a deduction from gross income. This tax credit is available to a person who is employed full-time and who maintains a household for a dependent child or a disabled spouse or dependent.
These examples illustrate different types of tax credits that are available to taxpayers under certain circumstances. For example, the earned-income credit is available to low-income workers with dependent children, while the foreign tax credit is available to taxpayers who earn income overseas and pay foreign taxes on that income. The investment tax credit is intended to stimulate business investment, while the unified estate-and-gift tax credit is applied against the federal unified transfer tax.