topic Im claiming my father who I take care of and My niece in my taxes, When I did my tax estimate, why does it say ill be getting 6000 instead of the normal 2000 per child? in Deductions & credits

Im claiming my father who I take care of and My niece in my taxes, When I did my tax estimate, why does it say ill be getting 6000 instead of the normal 2000 per child?

cente671 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:41:42 GMT

Re: Im claiming my father who I take care of and My niece in my taxes, When I did my tax estimate...

Vanessa A — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:23:02 GMT

Does it say your entire refund is $6,000 of your child tax credit is $6,000?

If this is your entire refund, then it could be a combination of other credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and a refund of additional taxes withheld from your paycheck.

Are you claiming any other children on your return or just your niece?

If you are not claiming anyone else other than your niece and your father, then you should not see a dependent credit for more than $2,500. This would consist of $2,000 for your niece and $500 for your father.

If you are only claiming your father and your niece and you are seeing a $6,000 child tax credit, then you need to go back into the personal info section and be sure you did not enter her more than one time as a dependent.

Are you paying for child care? Did you get the child and dependent care credit? If so, this could be increasing your refund.

You may also want to go back through and look at your W2 entries to be sure you did not make any entry errors. This is a common reason people see refunds much higher than they are expecting.

Re: Im claiming my father who I take care of and My niece in my taxes, When I did my tax estimate...

cente671 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:26:58 GMT

What is child tax and dependent care credit and how would I know if I got it or not. And yeah I thinking 2500 as well but I checked I only got her once on there and my dad once.

Re: Im claiming my father who I take care of and My niece in my taxes, When I did my tax estimate...

JamesG1 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:26:41 GMT

Child Tax Credit is found on line 19 of the Federal 1040. The credit is computed on Schedule 8812.

Child and Dependent Care Credit is found on line 2 of Schedule 3 attached to the Federal 1040. The credit is computed on Form 2441.

Both lines may be viewed under the Federal Tax Summary. Follow these steps:

Down the left side of the screen, click on Tax Tools.
Click on Tools.
Under Other helpful links, click on View Tax Summary.
Down the left side of the screen, click on Preview My 1040 to see the actual tax return that you prepared.
Down the left side of the screen, click Back to return.

You can print or view your full tax returns prior to filing after you have paid for the software.

Re: Im claiming my father who I take care of and My niece in my taxes, When I did my tax estimate...

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:12:51 GMT

Look at your 2022 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 19

Credit for Other Dependents line 19

Earned Income Credit line 27

Additional Child Tax Credit line 28