Deductions & credits

@Onebud2000 Okay----you did get the child tax credit.  But a credit is used first to reduce your tax owed to zero.   You only get the refundable portion if you owed less than the $2000.   Follow the math from line 19 down the page.    Your tax return form is really just one very long math problem.

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