<p>Is "Estimate the total amount withheld from your parents’ wages for dependent care and medical spending accounts in 2008. " the “medicare tax withheld” on my parents’ w-2 form?</p>
<p>No. </p>
<p>Dependent care is the amount spent for daycare of young children, care of elderly parents, etc. </p>
<p>A medical spending account is money taken from your parents’ wages before taxes which is used to pay medical expenses that are not covered under insurance.</p>
<p>thank you!</p>