topic I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

wburns36 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:58:25 GMT

Re: I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:26:47 GMT

Are you being asked about the child tax credit?

Everyone has to answer whether they received advance child tax credit payments. If you did not receive any of those payments between July and December you need to answer that you did not receive any payments.

There are so many scenarios with those payments---like divorced/never married parents who have issues over who received the payments, who claimed the children, etc. --- the software has no way of knowing if any of that involves you---so you have to answer the questions about it.

Please follow these steps to indicate you did not receive any advanced payments:

Click on the "Search" on the top and type "Child tax credit"
Click on “Jump to Child Tax Credit”
Continue through the questions until the "Tell us about any advance Child Tax Credit payments" screen and select "No".
Continue through the questions.

Re: I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

wburns36 — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:00:02 GMT

Thanks for your help, it is still having me go to the part that says

"Enter the parent's taxable income from Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 15.

If zero or less, enter -0-. If the parent files Form 2555, see the instructions"

And then wants me to put parents social security info in, I dont see why I would have to put in all this info

Re: I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

VolvoGirl — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:04:06 GMT

Are you a full time student? Are your parents claiming you as a dependent? You must have said you are a dependent under My Info.

Re: I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

wburns36 — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:13:06 GMT

I was a full time student in 2021, for "Someone else can claim me as a dependent on their tax return" I put no, for "Did you support yourself in 2021? Supporting yourself means paying for more than half of your living expenses with earned income" I also put no

Re: I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

MarilynG1 — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:38:42 GMT

If someone else paid more than 50% of your living expenses, you should say YES for 'someone else can claim me on their return', whether they are actually claiming you or not.

The person who supported you can claim you, even if they choose not to do so.

Click this link for more info on Did I Support Myself?