Form 8812

Tom IL — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:40:53 GMT

Can't finalize my taxes because I'm getting this:

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Schedule 8812: Advance payments received must be entered.

Advance Payment Received _________

This appears to do with child credits?? I/We don't have any credits so not sure what I need to do.

Help??

Re: Form 8812

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:15:22 GMT

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.

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