fkbright
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Deductions & credits

Good afternoon!

 

If you claimed your daughter in 2020 then the IRS automatically enrolled you to receive the advanced payment on the child tax credit. 

 

If you are not claiming your daughter this year, you should unenroll (stop) these payments.   When you file your 2021 tax return you will need to reconcile the payments received and repay any excess amount you were not eligible to receive.

 

You can update your information and unenroll from the advanced payments at this site:

 

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/child-tax-credit-update-portal

 

I hope this is helpful to you!

 

Kind regards,

Fred Bright

 

 

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