My wife and I have 5 children and claim separately. Due to confusion with our oldest turning 18 and us changing from a 3/2 split to 2/2 she kept last year’s dependents (including the 18yr old) and I dropped one. We have just realized that neither of us claimed the middle child today when our child tax credit wasn’t correct. I know we can amend but I’m not sure how long that takes or if the missing amounts on our tax return and child tax will come in correctly or ever. I’m also worried that amending will freeze any incoming child tax credits and cause issues. I see people who did amends saying they aren’t getting child tax credits yet. What should I do?
