@Carl
With all due respect, your advice is out of date. As a result of the PATH act, the tax credit and other benefits for a child dependent will not be paid unless the taxpayer files a timely-filed tax return with the child’s name and Social Security number. If the taxpayer files a tax return without the child, and then later files an amended return, the tax credits that they claim will not actually be paid.
(Not to mention the fact that the processing time on amended returns is up to 11 months now).
