So how do I get child tax credits it’s giving me 0$ for 2 kids I did receive the 300$ a month for one of my children but I didn’t get the 300$ for my other child ?

sylaswebster — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:07:07 GMT

Can someone help me atleast get the credits owed for my second child whom I did not receive any money from .

Re: So how do I get child tax credits it’s giving me 0$ for 2 kids I did receive the 300$ a month for one of my children but I didn’t get the 300$ for my other child ?

DoninGA — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 21:41:12 GMT

For tax year 2022 you must have at least $2,500 of earned income to be eligible for the Child Tax Credit.

Have you entered any earned income on your 2022 tax return?

Re: So how do I get child tax credits it’s giving me 0$ for 2 kids I did receive the 300$ a month for one of my children but I didn’t get the 300$ for my other child ?

xmasbaby0 — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 22:00:30 GMT

What tax year are you asking about? Those monthly child tax credit payments were made during 2021. There were no $300/month child tax credit payments made in 2022. Those monthly payments were only sent for that one specific tax year----tax year 2021 during July to December of 2021.

If you are working on a 2022 tax return and have children:

The 2021 child-related credits were very generous. Lots of people are being taken by surprise this year when they find out the credits for 2022 are lower than they were last year.

The tax laws changed for child-related credits and are much less generous for 2022.

Make sure you have entered your child as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered the child's Social Security number. Careful— do not say that your child’s SSN is not valid for employment. If your child was born in 2022 make sure you said he lived with you the whole year. There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support. Say NO to that question.

Have you entered income from working in 2022? If not, you will not receive an income tax refund based on having dependent children.

The rules for getting the child tax credit on a 2021 tax return and now on a 2022 return are very different. For 2021 you could get $3600 for a child under 6 or $3000 for a child between 6 and 17 even if you had no income/did not work. That is NOT the way it will work for your 2022 tax return. The “old” rules are back.

The maximum amount of the child tax credit is now $2000 per child; the refundable “additional child tax credit” amount is $1500. In order to get that credit, you have to have income from working. The credit is calculated based on the amount you earned above $2500 multiplied by 15%, up to the full $1500 per child. If the amount you earned was too low, you will not get the full $1500.

If your child is older than 16 at the end of 2022, you do not get the CTC. But you may still get the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents instead.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900923-what-is-the-child-tax-credit

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-for-other-dependents

And for the Earned Income Credit—-the rules are back to the “old” rules—

Those under 25 and over 65 without children are not eligible as they were uniquely in 2021. And you cannot use your income from any earlier tax year to get the EIC for a 2022 return. There is no “lookback” for 2022. EIC for 2022 will be based on the income you earned by working in 2022.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899157-what-are-the-qualifications-for-the-earned-income-credit-eic-or-eitc

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/earned-income-tax-credit/use-the-eitc-assistant

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

AND….If you have children but had little or no income, it raises the question of how you and the children were supported. There may be another tax-paying adult who can claim you and/or the children as dependents.

Enter your dependents in My Info with their Social Security numbers, and let the software calculate your child tax credit and/or earned income credit. The software will use the 2022 rules.

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

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So how do I get child tax credits it’s giving me 0$ for 2 kids I did receive the 300$ a month for one of my children but I didn’t get the 300$ for my other child ?

Re: So how do I get child tax credits it’s giving me 0$ for 2 kids I did receive the 300$ a month for one of my children but I didn’t get the 300$ for my other child ?

Re: So how do I get child tax credits it’s giving me 0$ for 2 kids I did receive the 300$ a month for one of my children but I didn’t get the 300$ for my other child ?