Ammendment for Child Tax Credit

My daughter was born December 1, 2022. I filed my 2022 taxes without her on it as we did not have her SSN at the time of filing. When I finally received her SSN in October 2023, I filed an amended return that month. We just received a letter from the IRS this month stating that you cannot retroactively claim the child tax credit. Is this correct?

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Correct. The child is required to have a SSN before the due date of the tax return. So she needed to get the SSN issued on or before April 18, 2023. Or if you requested a filing extension for tax year 2022 then the SSN had to be issued on or before October 16, 2023.