topic This is my first year with no income due to family issues and not being able to work. However, i have an 8 year old son who i have supported all year and he is still my dependent. Why is it telling me in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however-i-have/01/1062910#M387533 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 22:50:27 GMT lovethemvws 2020-02-01T22:50:27Z This is my first year with no income due to family issues and not being able to work. However, i have an 8 year old son who i have supported all year and he is still my dependent. Why is it telling me https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however-i-have/01/1062910#M387533 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 22:50:27 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however-i-have/01/1062910#M387533 lovethemvws 2020-02-01T22:50:27Z Re: This is my first year with no income due to family issues and not being able to work. However... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however/01/1063042#M387585 <P>Can you please finish your question?</P> Sat, 01 Feb 2020 23:04:07 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however/01/1063042#M387585 DanaB27 2020-02-01T23:04:07Z Re: This is my first year with no income due to family issues and not being able to work. However... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however/01/1063089#M387607 <P>Was the rest of your question going to be why are you not getting any child tax credit, etc.?&nbsp; &nbsp; All of the child-related credits are based on having income from working.&nbsp; If you were unable to work, then you are not eligible to receive any of the credits.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sorry.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 01 Feb 2020 23:08:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-this-is-my-first-year-with-no-income-due-to-family-issues-and-not-being-able-to-work-however/01/1063089#M387607 xmasbaby0 2020-02-01T23:08:53Z