@Keegan2 wrote:
You are stating the child age limit to 17 at the end of 2019 to be able to collect the $2000 limit, where instead, the IRS is stating the limit as 19 according to the above. What am I missing please? Thank you for your help again.
Yes. You are confusing the rules to *claim* a dependent with the rules to claim the child tax credits for that dependent. Apples and oranges.
For a Qualifying child *dependent*:
The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of 2019, (b) under age 24 at the end of 2019 and a full-time student* for any part of 5 months of 2019, or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled and must be younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly).
For the child tax credit of $2,000 per child.
The child must have been no older than 16 at the end of 2019.
See IRS pub 17
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf page 212
A child qualifies you for the CTC if the child
meets all of the following conditions.
1. The child is your son, daughter, stepchild,
foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother,
stepsister, half brother, half sister, or a descendant
of any of them (for example,
your grandchild, niece, or nephew).
2. The child was under age 17 at the end of
2019
**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**
