topic Are there minimum income requirements for the CTC? I have always received it for my 5yo but made less than $1k in 2022 and says I don’t qualify. Why or what am I missing? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Are there minimum income requirements for the CTC? I have always received it for my 5yo but made less than $1k in 2022 and says I don’t qualify. Why or what am I missing?

MrsCornejo — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:28:21 GMT

Re: Are there minimum income requirements for the CTC? I have always received it for my 5yo but m...

MinhT1 — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:08:30 GMT

The Child Tax credit (CTC) for tax year 2022 is $2,000 per dependent child under age 17. However, the CTC is non-refundable, meaning it can only reduce your tax liability to zero but you will not receive any refund of the excess.

As your income is only $1,000 in 2022, your tax liability is most likely 0, so you will not receive the CTC.

However, you may be eligible for the additional Child Tax credit - ACTC (which can up be up to $1,500 per child. For this, form 8812 has to be filled. When you enter your income and other details in TurboTax, the program will determine if you are eligible or not to the ACTC.

Please read this TurboTax Help article for more information.

Re: Are there minimum income requirements for the CTC? I have always received it for my 5yo but m...

Critter-3 — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:27:41 GMT

The rules for getting the child tax credit on a 2021 tax return and now on a 2022 return are very different. For 2021 you could get $3600 for a child under 6 or $3000 for a child between 6 and 17 even if you had no income/did not work. That is NOT the way it will work for your 2022 tax return. The “old” rules are back. The maximum amount of the child tax credit is now $2000; the refundable “additional child tax credit” amount is $1500. In order to get that credit, you have to have income from working. The credit is calculated based on the amount you earned above $2500 multiplied by 15%, up to the full $1500. If your child is older than 16 at the end of 2022, you do not get the CTC. But you may still get the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents instead.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900923-what-is-the-child-tax-credit

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-f...

And for the Earned Income Credit—-the rules are back to the “old” rules—

Those under 25 and over 65 without children are not eligible as they were uniquely in 2021. And you cannot use your income from any earlier tax year to get the EIC for a 2022 return. There is no “lookback” for 2022. EIC for 2022 will be based on the income you earned by working in 2022.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899157-what-are-the-qualifications-for-the-earned-income-credit-e...

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/earned-income-tax-credit/use-the-eitc-assistant

Look at your 2022 Form 1040 to see the child-related credits you received

PREVIEW 1040

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901539-how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing

Child Tax Credit line 19

Credit for Other Dependents line 19

Earned Income Credit line 27

Additional Child Tax Credit line 28