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Can I still file taxes and claim my child if I didn't work all year?

brokengrl87 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:40:21 GMT

Re: Can I still file taxes and claim my child if I didn't work all year?

DoninGA — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:22:36 GMT

If you have no income of any kind to report on a tax return you do not need to file a return, with or without a dependent.

Re: Can I still file taxes and claim my child if I didn't work all year?

xmasbaby0 — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:36:01 GMT

There are no child-related credits available to you for a 2022 tax return if you did not work or earn any income. Maybe someone else who supported you and your children can claim all of you. Last year, for a 2021 tax return, you could get the child tax credit even if you did not work. That will not be true for a 2022 tax return. That 2021 CTC was only for one tax year. The tax law is different for 2022.

Re: Can I still file taxes and claim my child if I didn't work all year?

NCperson — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 21:36:34 GMT

@brokengrl87

in 2021, there was a benefit via the child tax credit to file a tax return even if you did not work, but the rules have reverted to the pre-2021 rules. Therefore, tehre is no tax benefit availalbe, even if there is a child, if you did not work