My return was already accepted by the irs however laws just passed increasing the 2023 tax credit. Will I need to file an amendment to receive the additional credit?

[SteamTrain]

1)  The law hasn't passed...it passed a "Committe", not full congress, nor President.

2)  It will take a month....or months... after it's passed (IF it is eventually passed) , for the IRS to let everyone know how it is to be handled....and they have to reprogram their own computers too.

3)  Most likely, for those who filed before it was finalized...the IRS computers would know what you filed, and they would likely just send an extra check out, or direct deposit, to those who were eligible  (Just My Guess).

[xmasbaby0]

ENHANCED CHILD TAX CREDIT BILL

No one here knows if or when the proposed enhanced child tax credit bill will pass.   It is presently in the hands of 535 state representatives and senators.in Congress.     It has not been passed or signed into law.    IF and when it passes, we do not know when they will make it effective or how it will be implemented.  They are still wrangling with it so we do not know what it will look like when they are done.

It is unlikely to affect your 2023 return; maybe enough members of Congress remember what a mess they created when they changed the tax law for taxing unemployment during the 2020 tax filing season in 2021 and will not want to do that to the U.S. public again in mid tax season.  Or maybe they will go ahead anyhow.  We do not know.   But if it affects you for 2023 they will have to provide a way for you to get the credit.