@ibrahimtorunergil wrote:
Thank you. I believe that it was IRS's negligence that my child's ITIN wasn't issued. Somehow, if my child gets ITIN later, can I then retroactively amend my child to claim the child tax credit in the 2022 and 2023 tax returns or does the situation in your response still apply?
If you did not claim your child at all, you can file a return to add them as a dependent and claim a $500 credit for "other dependent." However, to claim the $2000 child tax credit, or to qualify for EIC, you must have the SSN when you file an "on time" tax return. If you already claimed the $500 credit for "other dependent", you can't improve on that.
Be aware that if you prepare an amended return, Turbotax will most likely add the full $2000 child tax credit, but the IRS will reduce it when they process your return.
