Deductions & credits

@mywiddleboy 

 

I am confused about your mention of receiving $1800-----do you mean you got a tax refund of $1800 after you filed your 2021 tax return?   If so, that was the second half of your 2021 child tax credit.   Did you work in 2021 and have any income from working?

 

The total amount of child tax credit you could receive for a child under the age of six was $3600.   If you received the advance child tax credit payments during July to December---and it sounds like you did----then you could only receive another $1800 when you filed your tax return.  

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