Review the Child Tax Credit on line 28 of the 2021 Federal 1040 tax return and on line 12 of Federal Schedule 8812.
View the computation of the Child Tax Credit on line 12 of Federal Schedule 8812. You are able to view the entire 2021 1040 Federal tax return at Tax Tools / Print Center.
If the software did not compute the correct credit amount, review the dependents at My Info. Dependents need to be qualifying dependents to qualify for the Child Tax Credit.
Tests to be a Qualifying Child
- The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half- brother, half- sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
- The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), (b) under age 24 at the end of the year, a student, and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled.
- The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year.
- The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
- The child must not be filing a joint return for the year (unless that joint return is filed only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).
You enter the Advance Child Tax Credit payment amounts at the screen Tell us about any Advance Child Tax Credits. Make sure that you enter the correct amount received. Line 28 of the Federal 1040 reports the refundable amount after netting the advance payments from the Child Tax Credit amount.
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