The ex-spouse's tax return will report the amount of Advance Child Tax Credit payments received and reported on that ex-spouse's IRS Letter 6419.
On your own tax return, report the amount of Advance Child Tax Credit payments received by you and reported on your IRS Letter 6419.
Report the Advance Child Tax Credit payments received under Federal / Deductions & Credits / Your tax breaks / Advance payments, Child and Other Dependent Tax Credits at the screen Tell us about any Advance Child Tax Credit payments.
- In box 1 report the amount of the advance payments.
- In box 2 report the number of qualifying children listed on your IRS Letter 6419, not the number of qualifying children you are reporting on your 2021 Federal 1040 tax return.
You may want to compare the amount reported on IRS Letter 6419 to the Advance Child Tax Credit payments that you received.
- You can use the IRS Child Tax Credit Update Portal (the portal) to get your total Child Tax Credit advance payments, or
- Research the monthly IRS deposits to your bank account during the months of July through December of 2021 to confirm that the IRS is correctly reporting your Advance Child Tax Credit payments.
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