Two of my kids qualified for the child tax credit. My 6 month old did not. How come? I believe he should qualify. Should I amend my taxes?

[MichaelL1]

When you have a new born you need to list them as living with you the whole year.

[janealhill93]

Thank you!

[janealhill93]

Is that why on my return he is has a check mark under the "credit for other dependent"?

[MichaelL1]

Without seeing the return (which I have no access to nor should I) I would say Yes, that is the reason.

[janealhill93]

Okay.. because my two older kids it has check marks saying "child tax credit"

[MichaelL1]

I am sure that is the reason.  

[MichaelL1 · Accepted solution]

Yes, you should Amend the tax return and you would go to Personal Information section and Edit the new born.

Show the child as living with you the entire year (year of birth).

Once the return has been filed it cannot be stopped (unless you get extremely lucky and IRS would reject it for some reason).

So you have to wait for the return to be processed and you get your refund.

Then approx. March 7th you can sign back into TurboTax and do the Amended return.