Childcare/housekeeping needed in order to work — disputed
Whether work-enabling childcare is a deductible cost of producing income or a non-deductible household expense is disputed. The app defaults this to 'ask your rav.'
Positions by community
Ashkenazi
The OU reports that 'some poskim' permit deducting childcare and housekeeping costs that are necessary to enable earning the income, treating them like business expenses; others view them as household expenses.
Sephardi
Under the lenient minhag framework, there is room to rely on the deducting view in need; ask your rav.
Chabad
Not separately documented in our verified sources; ask your rav.
Sources
- https://outorah.org/p/51498/ — Pre-Maaser Deductions
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