Determining your refund credit

Cmck0828 — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:22:57 GMT

I let my mother claim my two children one who was 2 for the year of 2019 and the other who was 3 months for the year 2019 and also my self who wasn’t working. She wanted to help me so that I may spend the money on the kids. How do I know or where can I find the refund for the children?

Re: Determining your refund credit

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:32:53 GMT

If your mother claimed your children then any child-related credits are going to her income tax refund. Did your your mother actually support you and the children? Did she have income earned from working? The child-related credits are on her Form 1040:

There are several child-related credits you *may* get if you have a dependent child and if you have income earned from working.The amount earned by working has a major effect on how much you receive for the child-related credits.

You might be getting the Child Tax Credit--that is not all a refund--it lowers the tax you owe, up to $2000 per child, but if you do not owe tax then you may not get the full amount of CTC. In some cases, you could qualify for the "Additional Child Tax Credit" which is a refundable credit, and would increase your refund. If you qualify for this credit, TurboTax calculates and automatically adds it to your refund.

You might be able to claim the child and dependent care credit if you paid someone to take care of your child so you could work. This is not a refundable credit, so it will not be in your refund. It can lower the tax you owe.

You might qualify for Earned Income Credit, which is a refundable credit if you worked and earned income. The EIC is based on the amount you earned. If you do qualify for EIC, TurboTax automatically calculates the amount and adds it to your refund.

Look at your 2019 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 13a

Credit for Other Dependents line 13a

Earned Income Credit line 18a

Additional Child Tax Credit line 18b

Child and Dependent Care Credit line 18d

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-for-other-dependents

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900643-what-is-the-child-and-dependent-care-credit

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

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

Re: Determining your refund credit

Cmck0828 — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:06:30 GMT

My mother did care for us for the year. She’s just wanting to help me out. So that’s why she claimed me and the kids to see if we would get anything back. A lot of people I know say you can get up to 4 or 5 per child but last year I only got 1300. This year the line I checked on her taxes say 1400

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