I got to the end where I file. I received $1500 in advance child tax payments in 2021. I entered that information where it asked for it. My return at the end (total) is just under $1500. That's just my normal return from my income from my job---the quick math will tell you that I'm obviously NOT getting the other half of it on this tax return. It is not adding the other $1500 (the other half of the $3,000) to it but if I go back and say that I did NOT get the advance payments, it adds the $1500 to my return. Seems to me to be a software glitch. How does it know I'm owed the other $1500 (and not the full $3,000) when I enter that I didn't receive advanced payments? If I file without claiming the advanced payments, I'm sure there will be issues down the road with that. All I know is that I'm owed the other $1500 and your software seems to think I don't.
