Ok ... married couples who have 50 Cents at the end of their number just need to be smarter than the program ... so either add the 2 payments together and enter it all under one person and put a zero under the other OR round one up and one down.
601 + 0 = 601
300.50 + 300.50 = 601 301 + 300 = 601
Remember the IRS only gets the total on the form 8812 ... how the correct total gets there is immaterial :
Ok ... married couples who have 50 Cents at the end of their number just need to be smarter than the program ... so either add the 2 payments together and enter it all under one person and put a zero under the other OR round one up and one down.
601 + 0 = 601
300.50 + 300.50 = 601 301 + 300 = 601
Remember the IRS only gets the total on the form 8812 ... how the correct total gets there is immaterial :
Critter-3 is correct. It’s fine to use a rounded number.
According to Rounding off dollars under Computations in the IRS’ Your Federal Income Tax For Individuals,
You can round off cents to whole dollars on your return and schedules. If you do round to whole dollars, you must round all amounts. To round, drop amounts under 50 cents and increase amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For example, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50 becomes $3.
If you have to add two or more amounts to figure the amount to enter on a line, include cents when adding the amounts and round off only the total.