Teenager is filing as self-employed

[jason-tatlock]

Parents received letters.

[MinhT1]

Can you please clarify:

What letters did the parents receive?  from the IRS? What did the letters say?

[jason-tatlock]

Hello, the parents received letter 6419 to report that they each received from the 2021 Total Advance Child Tax Credit.  I believe that TurboTax does not need to try to populate form 8812 for a minor who would not have received such a letter, but the form is populated and giving an error message.

[VolvoGirl]

Better make sure the child is filing as a dependent.  Go to My Info and check the answers.   Check the 2 boxes that they can be claimed and will be claimed as a dependent.

[jason-tatlock · Accepted solution]

Thank you!  The information about being a dependent is correct in the profile.  By the way, MinhT1 answered my issue in another reply.   Here: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-correcting-error-when-completing-tax-informati...