I am trying to amend my 2019 tax return the IRS said I need to update the 1040x form. Instead of putting other dependent I need to put child tax credit.... HELP ?????!!!!

[xmasbaby0]

What?  If you qualified for the child tax credit, it would have been added automatically to your refund when you entered your child as a dependent and entered the income you earned from working.  So what are you trying to do?  If your child was 17 or older at the end of 2019 you do not get the child tax credit, or if your child does not have a Social Security number you do not get the child tax credit.  If your child is 17 or older, or if the child has an ITIN, then you get the $500 credit for other dependents.

Did you prepare your tax return without including your dependent at all?  What information about your dependent did you enter when you filed your original tax return?

[jmoney_beep]

When I entered my son's information as my dependent it put him as OTHER DEPENDENT as if he's older then 17. He's only 1 and I qualify for the child tax credit but I don't know how to change that error.  I got a letter from the IRS saying I qualify for the Additional Child Tax Credit . I need help figuring this out really bad 

[jmoney_beep]

The IRS said they see where I entered his information but it's put as OTHER DEPENDENT instead of CHILD TAX CREDIT . This is why I didn't get the 500 for my son with my stimulus check. Said it was based off the CHILD TAX CREDIT which I didn't have him in for. 

[VolvoGirl]

Was he born in  2019?  You need to pick he lived with you the WHOLE year, not just the months.  This is a screen shot from 2015 but should be the same for 2019.  I try to make a newer one.

[jmoney_beep]

Yes he was born January 1st 2019 ... I put that he lived with me the whole year and nobody helped me take care of him..... Still lost 

[VolvoGirl]

Sounds like he got added as over 17.   Go back and check the birthdate under My Info or Personal Info. 

There are a couple questions you could have answered wrong under My Info or Personal Info.  Like the one that says did your CHILD pay more than half of their support. It's not asking if you did.

[jmoney_beep]

But he's a baby how would that work?

[jmoney_beep]

Is this the question you were talking about?

[jmoney_beep]

Should I hit YES instead of NO ?

[VolvoGirl]

Right.  It used to be more confusing so people answered the wrong way.

[VolvoGirl]

We were typing at the same time.  Answer NO.

[jmoney_beep]

I had selected NO. I'm still getting the same result

[xmasbaby0]

Try deleting the dependent and starting over to enter his information.  You have answered something incorrectly.  Did you also say NO to a question about whether anyone else contributes to his support?  NO to him paying his own support.  Say he lived with you the WHOLE year.

[jmoney_beep]

I deleted him & added him back ....