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Returning Member
posted Feb 24, 2021 3:39:36 PM

Depedants

Why am I getting a $2,000 credit for one child and only $500 for the other?

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Level 15
Feb 24, 2021 3:41:04 PM

Is one of your dependents over the age of 16?   You lose the child tax credit in the tax year that the child turns 17.

Returning Member
Feb 24, 2021 3:44:36 PM

No, one is 2 and one is 3 months.

Level 15
Feb 24, 2021 5:11:09 PM

@Mulready_1

When you go through the screens in My Info make sure to say your child lived with you the WHOLE year.  You are supposed to say that for a newborn,   When it asks the oddly worded question about whether your child paid for over half their own support say NO.