topic Schedule 8812 in Deductions & credits

Schedule 8812

REKIII — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:26:21 GMT

Turbo tax continues to ask to enter an amount received as an advance payment on schedule 8812. I do not have any dependent children and have not received any payments. Hence I can't complete and eFile my return. How do I correct this?

Re: Schedule 8812

HelenC12 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:20:33 GMT

@REKIII

The IRS wants all taxpayers to answer the question, whether you have children or not. Enter zero (0) and continue with the onscreen interview until complete. This should correct your return.

[Edited 2-2-2022|1:18 PM PST]

Re: Schedule 8812

kd1jg048 — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:24:13 GMT

I deleted the form but every time I delete and run review it comes back. I have no child dependents

Re: Schedule 8812

DawnC — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:03:22 GMT

Make sure there are no dependents listed on your return first. You can double check this in the Personal Info section or by previewing your Form 1040. Those instructions are for the Online versions. If you are using the desktop version, use Forms Mode to view any of your forms.

If there are no dependents listed, you may have accidentally told TurboTax that you received advance payments. But you can correct this by going through the Child Tax Credit section in TurboTax. To get back to this section to review it, search for Child Tax Credit and use the Jump to Child Tax Credit link to be taken to those questions and go through carefully making sure to indicate that you nor your spouse received any advance payments.

@kd1jg048

Re: Schedule 8812

user12422 — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:12:36 GMT

I am having the same problem. It keeps coming back. Please help.

Re: Schedule 8812

DawnC — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:55:11 GMT

Are you sure it is the Form 8812 that keeps reappearing or is it possible, it is Form 2441 - Dependent Care Credit? If you are taking the Dependent Care Credit, do not delete it, but if you started that section erroneously and attempt to delete the form, it will return if the section if half completed.

An incomplete Form 2441 will be created if you start the Child and Dependent Care section but don't complete it. This can cause problems when attempting to file your return.

To resolve:

While signed in to your return, Select Federal from the left menu, then Deductions and Credits
In the Your tax breaks box, select Edit/Add next to Dependent Care Credit
Answer No on the next screen. This should delete the credit from the Your tax breaks section
Now you'll need to delete the 2441. From the left menu (tap in the upper-left corner on mobile devices to open the menu), select Tax Tools followed by Tools and and select Delete a Form in the pop-up
Scroll down the list of forms and select Delete next to Form 2441
Click Delete Form to confirm. You should get Form Successfully Deleted. Select Continue
Back at the Review Form List screen, scroll down to make sure Form 2441 no longer appears on the list. If it doesn't, you can select Continue With My Return

For form 8812, Child and Dependent Tax Credits, verifying you have no dependents listed and make sure to go through the Child Tax Credit interview to check your answers regarding receiving advance payments, see above post. @user12422

Re: Schedule 8812

tommytwc43 — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:35:47 GMT

How do I delete schedule 8812 because I don't have any Dependent children

Re: Schedule 8812

DoninGA — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:42:37 GMT

@tommytwc43 wrote:

How do I delete schedule 8812 because I don't have any Dependent children

Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the online program screen

Click on Tools

Click on Delete a form

Delete Schedule 8812

Re: Schedule 8812

ThomasM125 — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:44:51 GMT

@tommytwc43

A simple way to delete forms in TurboTax online is to use the Tax Tools menu option, which is on your left menu bar when you are working in your program. Then, choose Tools and then Delete a form.

If you are working in the download TurboTax program, use the Forms Mode on your menu bar to bring up the form you want to delete, then choose the Delete Form option at the bottom of the form.

Re: Schedule 8812

lbradfordjones — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 01:13:36 GMT

easy way to fix is to go to deductions and make sure to go through child tax credit and ensure its "0".

Re: Schedule 8812

jpmtax — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:01:45 GMT

There is no Delete Form option in the downloaded app version of the software. What is necessary to stop the program for asking for 8812?

Re: Schedule 8812

lbradfordjones — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 03:38:53 GMT

This ABSOLUTELY fixes the error once you’ve deleted the form and then taken the action described. I’m using Mac CD/download.

Re: Schedule 8812

melquist — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:45:46 GMT

I deleted the form in the form view format, but it still keeps telling me it is an error when I do a Federal Tax smart check. We do not and never had children. Seems to be a glitch with this year's Turbo Tax Premier?

Re: Schedule 8812

LoganathanB — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:25:49 GMT

Since you do not have any children you can enter 0 in Schedule 8812 and it will not show any error.

Click on Forms and search for 8812, go to the form view and enter 0 in line 14 f.

Re: Schedule 8812

Critter-3 — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:34:41 GMT

EVERYONE filing a tax return this year will have to visit the CTC section of the program even if they are not claiming any dependents on the 2021 return because the program cannot KNOW who got a CTC advance last year.

This goes for the third stimulus payment as well ... EVERYONE will need to answer those RRC questions.

And with the changes to the EIC more taxpayers will be eligible for it this year ... it is important to visit this credit as well.

Failure to complete any of these sections will result in error messages when you get to the REVIEW tab and you cannot efile with those errors.

So everyone needs to complete all sections of the TT interview and not skip the deductions & credits section this year even if they have in the past.

Re: Schedule 8812

redwoodreturn — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:57:09 GMT

For our joint return, we had to enter $0 in 8812, 12 B 2 (spouse) ; B 1 (taxpayer) was already $0.

Re: Schedule 8812

melquist — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:32:34 GMT

Thanks everyone. I went back and input 0. It indeed worked. Problems solved.

Re: Schedule 8812

tomq7 — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:47:39 GMT

We do not have children nor have claimed any children linked to the Child Care Credit, yet Schedule 8812 always returns after deleted the Tax Form, "Save", "Close" TurboTax downloaded Mac version and reboot computer. Despite that, Schedule 8812 reappears.

Something is not working correctly.

Re: Schedule 8812

DoninGA — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:50:22 GMT

@tomq7 wrote:

We do not have children nor have claimed any children linked to the Child Care Credit, yet Schedule 8812 always returns after deleted the Tax Form, "Save", "Close" TurboTax downloaded Mac version and reboot computer. Despite that, Schedule 8812 reappears.

Something is not working correctly.

If the TurboTax program is asking for an entry on a Schedule 8812 field, then just enter a 0 (zero) and continue. Do not run Smart Check again after entering the 0's on the 8812.

Re: Schedule 8812

melquist — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:50:28 GMT

If you read earlier posts on this subject, you will have your answer. The instructions fixed this issue for me.