topic Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024 in Deductions & credits

Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

userhousephiliac — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:02:13 GMT

head of household, all the qualifications are right. i'm trying to figure out if 2023 tax filing was wrong or if the rules were changed

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:34:49 GMT

The rules did not change. The only change to the CTC is that for 2023 the refundable additional child tax credit amount was $1600; for 2024 that is $1700.

The credit is shown on lines 19 and 28 of your Form 1040. Look at your tax forms to see if the credit was there.

If you qualified for it last year it would have been added automatically. Remember that the amount of the additional child tax credit is calculated from the amount of income you earned from working---so you might not get the full amount.

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

userhousephiliac — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:39:53 GMT

Wow. That's super helpful. Thank you.

TT comparison told me 2023 was zero and 2024 is 2K so that's why this came up.

Upon looking at 2023 1040, the 2K credit is there on line 19 and on schedule 8812 but NOT on line 28 of the 1040. It seems to me that this missing from line 28 is keeping the 2K out of the total Payments calculation on lines 32, 33 and therefore refund. Difficult to tell if i got the credit or not, but i'm leaning to not and needing to amend.

Tax guy from Intuit who just called me said it's 2k in 2024 but was 1.9k in 2023

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:45:12 GMT

Here is how the additional child tax credit that ends up on line 28 is calculated:

Take the amount you earned from working, subtract $2500, and multiply what is left by 15%. That is your additional child tax credit ---- up to a maximum of $1700 per child for 2024. For 2023 that maximum was $1600.

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

userhousephiliac — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:55:12 GMT

Tx. Looks like i did get it. 2k came off tax liability (line 24) increasing the return. Guess the glitch was just the software comparing 2023 to 2024 in summary. Line 28 is additional credit which i had none.

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:57:14 GMT

@userhousephiliac Glad you figured it out!

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

userhousephiliac — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:13:15 GMT

Thanks to you!

Happy 2025 to you and yours

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

Aanonymous — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:07:45 GMT

Hello, I am just curious on why I’m not seeing the CTC or my RSC on my refund. My refund amount is saying Federal($1549), State($401). However this CTC is saying I qualify for ($2000) and my RSC is ($159). Is there something that I didn’t file for it not to show up?

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

KeshaH — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:57:54 GMT

Typically, your credits are already included in the refund amount. It's possible that you would have a balance due without your credits. If you'd like, we can look at your return and see exactly what you see to help come to a resolution. The return will be scrubbed and won't include any of your personal details.

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Once you're logged in to your account,

- on the left hand panel, click on Tax Tools and then choose Tools

- on the pop up window, select Share my file with Agent

- you'll see a message saying you'll give us a copy of your tax return. Your personal information will be changed so we can't see any private information.

- click okay and you'll get another message with a token

Please reply to this message with your token so that we can further assist you. Please let us know what state is included in your return for us to better assist you.

Re: Why didn't I get child tax credit for 2023 taxes but am for 2024

Tavid — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:07:15 GMT

I noticed the Exact same thing and I don’t think we got our Child Tax Credit last year either. This is exactly what I was looking for too. Thank for the insight.