This year is an exception attributed to the "Advance Child Tax Credit Payments".
Normally the program would not force Form 8812 on a return that is not eligible for the Child Tax Credit.
This year however, there may be people who received the advance payments, but are not eligible for the Child Tax Credit on their 2021 Tax Year return. THEREFORE, the program is asking about this credit to ALL filers so that this answer is reported.
Since the program is generating Form 8812 and asking about the credit, it is also recording "0" if the credit is not being used on the 2021 Federal Return.
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