topic Credit for Other Dependents in Deductions & credits

Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:45:38 GMT

Hello. The $500 tax credit for other dependents is not being applied to reduce the amount of taxes owed for 2021, even though when I entered the information for the dependent TT responded with "good news! X qualified you for a tax break." I received the credit last year and also satisfy all the criteria for this year. Please help me figure out how to get the credit to show up.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

DoninGA — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:20:26 GMT

Look at your tax return Form 1040 Line 19, the $500 Other Dependent credit will be entered if the dependent is eligible for the credit.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

Critter-3 — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:21:55 GMT

Look at the actual form 1040 ... do you see the $500 on line 19? What is the amount on line 18?

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Open or continue your return.
Select Tax Tools in the left 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:
- Select Print Center and then Print, Save, or Preview This Year's Return to preview your entire return, including all forms and worksheets (you may be asked to register or pay first).
- View only your 1040 form by selecting Tools. Next, select View Tax Summary in the pop-up, then Preview my 1040 in the left menu.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:33:18 GMT

No, the credit is not showing on line 19. It is blank.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:34:39 GMT

No, it does not appear on line 19. The amount on line 18 is the total tax I owe.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

DoninGA — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:50:24 GMT

@notveryintoit wrote:

No, the credit is not showing on line 19. It is blank.

Then look at the first page of the Form 1040 in the Dependents box. Is there a check mark for the dependent in the box Credit for other dependents

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 23:11:01 GMT

Yes, the boxed is checked that the dependent qualifies for the credit for other dependents.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

ylexot — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:58:31 GMT

I'm having the same issue!

TT is showing checks for qualifying for the credits but it doesn't get entered on the 1040??

Has anyone answered this?

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

ylexot — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:06:59 GMT

The boxes are checked on my 1040 but the credit isn't entered on line 19.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

Vanessa A — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:49:10 GMT

The credit for Other Dependents is a non-refundable credit. This means, if you do not have any tax liability on line 16, you will not receive the credit for other dependents. This credit can only reduce the amount of your tax liability on line 16.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

ylexot — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:07:12 GMT

Understood. The problem is, I do have a tax liability online 16. I looked at old tax returns and when the credit for other dependence is checked I do get the credit online 19.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

Critter-3 — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:42:16 GMT

Look at line 17 & 18 ...did a credit from sch 2 already zero out your tax ?

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

ylexot — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:16:33 GMT

Line 17 is blank and line 18 shows the same amount as line 16

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:58:08 GMT

I figured out that the issue has to do with Schedule 8812. There is a box between lines 12 and 13 having to do with the "principal place of abode." TT Easy Step did not ask the questions, so the boxes are blank. If you go straight to the schedule, you can answer them. The credit will show up on the 1040 afterwards. Not sure why this box has anything to do with "other dependents" since the questions pertain mostly to advance child tax credit payments.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

ylexot — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:02:02 GMT

OK, I’ll check that out. One concern though, if I “correct” the form, doesn’t TT prevent you from eFiling?

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:22:18 GMT

I'm not familiar with happens to electronic filing if a form is corrected. I've never had to do it before. It will be disappointing if that is the case since the problem is caused by TT. If the questions were asked in Easy Step, the form wouldn't have to be corrected. And we would not have wasted so much time trying to figure it all out.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

notveryintoit — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:42:59 GMT

Update: I opened a new return and started over (a couple of reasons for doing so, including the other dependent credit issue). When I reached the family credit section, Easy Step did ask the questions for the box on schedule 8812. Not sure whether a software update had fixed the problem, but it seems to be resolved. So maybe if you go back to Easy Step and revisit that section, it will fix the schedule for you.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

thomasxianghan — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:57:52 GMT

I also have the same issue!

I strongly suspect it is a software bug that needs to be fixed at "other dependent tax credit" session of desktop version.

Does anyone know how to contact TurboTax support team to check it out?

for work-around, where to get "easy step"?

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

D0504 — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:07:42 GMT

Did you have any luck? I’m Im having the same issue.

Re: Credit for Other Dependents

thomasxianghan — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 03:06:36 GMT

Hi,

I went through the IRS' Interactive Tax Assistant for the Child Tax Credit and Credit for Other Dependents. At the end of this tool, it told me that I can't get any "other dependent credit" and the reason.

If this tool does not show that you are eligible for these credits, then TurboTax won't either. I believe this is the reason for me. Hope it helps you too.

you can also refer to my post at

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/re-other-dependent-tax-credit-bug-in-turbotax-desktop-version/01/2615298#M250069