The Child Tax Credit is based on the amount of tax that you owe. If you don’t owe any taxes, you will not be eligible for the credit.
However, you still may qualify for the Additional Child tax credit. This can be up to $1,700 per qualifying child.
You can check your tax return and see what is posted.
From the left sidebar
- Select Tax tools
- Hint: You may have to minimize the Federal and State selections
- Click Tools
- A Menu will pop up
- Select View tax summary
- On the left panel click Preview my 1040
There are three key numbers here
- 16 Tax
- 19 Child Tax Credit
- 28 Additional Child Tax Credit
If you do not see numbers in these boxes you may have mis posted an entry, or you did not qualify for some reason.
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