In tax year 2021 the rules for Child Tax Credit were relaxed by covid relief legislation and available to tax payers without earned income.
For tax year 2022, we are back to the standard rules and the Child Tax Credit is:
- non-refundable
- $2,000 a year per child
- only available to taxpayers with at least $2,500 in earned income
- only available up to the limit of your tax liability shown on the return
So if there is not at least $2,500 in earned income and no owed taxes on income, the return will not qualify for the credit this year.
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