topic I have three children that are all dependent, butI only received $73 dollars for the child tax credit? Did I mess up or did turbotax and how can i fix this? in Deductions & credits

I have three children that are all dependent, butI only received $73 dollars for the child tax credit? Did I mess up or did turbotax and how can i fix this?

Redhead1995 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:25:15 GMT

I've been using Turbo for 7 years and have never had a problem. I entered and re-entered eveything a dozen times and it still came out to $73 dollars for three dependent children. If I'm not mistaken, its supposed to be 2000 a child?

Re: I have three children that are all dependent, butI only received $73 dollars for the child tax credit? Did I mess up or did turbotax and how can i fix this?

Hal_Al — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:21:10 GMT

No, the CTC is not a direct $2000. The child tax credit (CTC) is limited to your tax liability. The CTC is a non-refundable credit and can only reduce your income tax to 0, It can not help you beyond eliminating your tax liability. But, if you have more than $2500 of earned income, some or all of it is usually given back to you thru the "Additional Child tax credit". That is, part of the CTC may be on line 28 of form 1040 (2021 & 2022) instead of line 19. The ACTC is calculated on form 8812 and is basically 15% of your earned income over $2500. The ACTC is a maximum of $1500 per child (not $2000).

Re: I have three children that are all dependent, butI only received $73 dollars for the child tax credit? Did I mess up or did turbotax and how can i fix this?

Redhead1995 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:27:43 GMT

No I get that, I was generalizing the amount but surely that doesn't account for why I only got $73 dollars for all three children. That's my question.

Re: I have three children that are all dependent, butI only received $73 dollars for the child tax credit? Did I mess up or did turbotax and how can i fix this?

Critter-3 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:03:30 GMT

Look at the form 1040 ... what are the amounts on lines 19 & 28?

And how old are the kids ? Look at the first page of the form 1040 in the dependent section ... are the kids all listed there ? And which box is marked for each ... CTC or other ?