topic Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error in Deductions & credits

Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:26:19 GMT

I have no children or dependents. When running Smart Check it gives me two errors showing that the Payments Recieved are not filled out. Well they aren't filled out because I shouldn't be filing a Schedule 8812. Anyone else run into this bug?

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:54:57 GMT

It is not a bug

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

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:50:19 GMT

Are you saying the IRS is asking everyone in the US to file a scedile 8812? That doesn't seem correct.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:07:12 GMT

No-----You need to answer the QUESTIONS to determine whether you need to complete a 8812.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:44:54 GMT

Correct, and I answered the questions. No dependants, no children. Therefore it shouldn't generate a 8812.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

robw83 — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 02:30:29 GMT

Where is the questions to answer, what section

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

rls55 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:09:28 GMT

Same happening to me .. Single / No Dependents .. TTax filling in a Schedule 8812, which asks for "Advance child tax credit payments received from Letter 6419". I don't have a Letter 6419 since I have no children or child tax credits.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:18:57 GMT

I called it in to inform them. Hopefully they will push out an update soon.

If anyone else is having this issue please call it in to speed up/make sure the update happens.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

Critter-3 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:29:48 GMT

I truly don't see where everybody's having a conniption fit over having to answer two simple questions in the program. One is did you get any of the third stimulus and the other did you get any of the advanced child tax credit. Simply answer those two questions and life will be wonderful.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:35:18 GMT

You obviously don’t understand the issue. Those questions were answered correctly and it is still generating form 8812. I obviously don’t want to have that form generated and sent in electronically as it might generate errors in the system that will delay or kick back the filing.
And yes it is a bug confirmed by TurboTax support.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

2b53K — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:30:58 GMT

I cannot get past this error either!! What the heck.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

kelausser — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:56:00 GMT

I had the same error with all 5 taxes I'm preparing. Just put in a "0".

Re:Schedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

sirieener — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:31:08 GMT

i do not have any children and did not complete the schedule 8812. but i keep getting the error that I must enter the amount of advanced money I received.

Please help I really want to complete my taxes

Re: Re:Schedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

FangxiaL — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:45:19 GMT

Follow these steps to resolve this error:

With your federal return open:

Go to the Depends and Credits section, click on Edit next to Advanced Payments, Child and Other Dependent Tax Credits, and enter 0 for the advance payments your received in 2021.

@sirieener

Re: Re:Schedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:58:56 GMT

TurboTax pushed out an update today.

Todays update DID NOT fix this issue.

Re: Re:Schedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

KrisD15 — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:18:05 GMT

There are people who received Advance Child Tax Credit Payments in 2021, but now are not claiming Dependents.

These people may need to repay the payments they received but are now not eligible for.

Without dependents listed on their return, the question about the credit and advance payments would not come up.

This year TurboTax has the Child Tax Credit (Schedule 8812) come up for ALL Taxpayers so that the IRS knows if they need to investigate for advance payments possibly received by Taxpayers filing a return which claims no dependents.

It may seem like a slight inconvenience, but it is a good way to eliminate any loophole that allows the payments to be "unreported".

Re: Re:Schedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

RDS17 — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:59:42 GMT

@KrisD15

If this is the case then why doesn't TT just ask at some point if the credits were recieved instead of genrating an error during smart check and creating a lot of confusion.

Also, a program popup saying that TT is automatically generating this form for ALL users would clear up confusion before it even starts.

It doesn't help when telephone support confirms this is a bug and says to just delete the form in the form editor.

Not sure who to believe.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

larrylaucks — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:36:53 GMT

I am receiving sme error. Do not have those boxes checked for CTC??

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

JamesG1 — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:33:53 GMT

xmasbaby0 above is correct.

Everyone has to answer whether they received advance child tax credit payments.

There are many scenarios where taxpayers receive the advance child tax credit payments in 2021 but not qualify for the Child Tax Credit on their 2021 Federal tax return.

If you did not receive any of those payments between July and December, you need to report that you received $0.

Re: Scedule 8812 (Child Tax Credit) Error

Critter-3 — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:49:42 GMT

@RDS2

If you follow the interview screens section by section and don't skip about the questions about the advance CTC and the third stimulus are presented automatically for everyone who uses the program. I did several test returns and the program always mentioned these every time... trick is to not skip any section.

The program also asks everyone about several other items including foreign accounts, EIC if eligible, crypto currency, etc. By following the interview screens in the order they are presented all needed sections are covered.