My son was born and passed away 2 days later. I was told that I could claim him and get the child tax credit. I claimed him and then when I got my taxes back they had deducted all of the child tax credit and everything else that had to do with him which then significantly reduced my return. Did I not submit something correctly. We did not apply for a social security number for him so the tax instructions said to write deceased on the form in place of the SS#
