@firstglass59-gma I wonder if what might be confusing you is that if you filed a 2020 return and claimed a child as a dependent, you could have received the advance child tax credit payments during the months between July and December of 2021. Those payments were actually paid in advance for 2021 based on the tax law that changed for 2021 only. But if you did not file a 2020 tax return, it is too late now to go back and file 2020 and expect those "advance" payments. Sorry. The child tax credit payments for 2021 are now based ONLY on filing a 2021 tax return to claim your child up to the age of 17. You cannot get the credit retroactively by going back to 2020.
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