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Does the money I’m receiving for my child come back with my federal return? It’s not showing in my federal return but did show I was getting money back.

courtsweet25 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:14:38 GMT

Re: Does the money I’m receiving for my child come back with my federal return? It’s not showing in my federal return but did show I was getting money back.

xmasbaby0 — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:47:14 GMT

Child-related credits are used first to reduce your tax liability. If your tax owed has been reduced down to zero then the remaining amount of the refundable credit will be part of the refund that you see on line 35a of your Form 1040.

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

PREVIEW 1040

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Child Tax Credit line 19

Credit for Other Dependents line 19

Earned Income Credit line 27

Additional Child Tax Credit line 28

Re: Does the money I’m receiving for my child come back with my federal return? It’s not showing ...

Cynthiad66 — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:46:23 GMT

@xmasbaby0 perfectly explained above how the Child Tax Credit is a part of the overall computation for your refund. It first reduces the amount of taxes computed which adds to your refund. See excerpt for tax form 1040 lines 19 and 28. Here is a visual for you.

Hope this helps. To view your return using TurboTax Online, follow these steps.

You can view your entire return or just your 1040 form before you e-file:

Sign in to your TurboTax account
Open or continue your return
Select Tax Tools from the menu (if you don't see this, select the menu icon in the upper-left corner)
With the Tax Tools menu open, you can then:
- Preview your entire return: Select Print Center and then Print, save or preview this year's return (you may be asked to register or pay first)
- View only your 1040 form: Select Tools. Next, select View Tax Summary in the pop-up, then Preview my 1040 in the left menu

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