Child and Dependent Care Credit. (Obj. 2) Todd and Jo Mendin pay their 17-year-old

daughter, Erin, $5,000 to look after their 10-year-old son, TJ. The Mendins file a joint

return and claim Erin and TJ as their dependents. The Mendlins AGI is $84,000. Both

spouses work and each has wages in excess of $30,000.

a. Compute the Mendlins child and dependent care credit.

b. How, if at all, would your answer to Part a. change if Erin were 22-years-old, but

still claimed as a dependent on her parents return?

c. How, if at all, would your answer to Part a. change if the Mendins paid Todds

mother to look after TJ?