Schedule 8812

[DoninGA]

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@DAVMember wrote:

What is the advance payment on schedule 8812. Not even sure what schedule 8812 is.

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Everyone is being asked this question since TurboTax does not know if the user was one who received these advances from the IRS in 2021.

Enter a 0 (zero) when asked to enter a number on the Schedule 8812. This will correct the issue and remove the Schedule 8812 from your tax return so that you can file the return.

[xmasbaby0]

@DAVMember

Everyone has to answer whether they received advance child tax credit payments.   If you did not receive any of those payments between July and December you need to answer that you did not receive any payments.

There are so many scenarios with those payments---like divorced/never married parents who have issues over who received the payments, who claimed the children, etc. --- the software has no way of knowing if any of that involves you---so you have to answer the questions about it. 

Please follow these steps to indicate you did not receive any advanced payments:

1. Click on the "Search" on the top and type "Child tax credit"
2. Click on “Jump to Child Tax Credit”
3. Continue through the questions until the "Tell us about any advance Child Tax Credit payments" screen and select "No".
4. Continue through the questions.

[mjpb52]

Look its a glitch in the system, bottom line, for me it still comes up on the Final review even when I found the problem in step by step, added zero, also removed 8812 and after a refresh still came up in the final review. 

[LoganathanB]

Do not remove form 8812. Enter 0 if you had no dependents or did not receive any advance child tax credit.

Everybody filing a tax return in 2021 has to answer the question of whether they received advance child tax credit payments.

Click on the link for more information

Advance Child Tax Credit

[ptgreenwell]

thank you dawnc!!

[Gene127]

Turbo tax continues to ask to enter an amount received as an advance payment on schedule 8812. I do not have any dependent children and have not received any payments. Should I delete entire form or just enter 0???

[VolvoGirl]

As already answered above, enter 0.

[jofellers]

I cannot delete Schedule 8812. I don't understand why it's even there since we have no child dependents.

This is very frustrating as I have wasted a lot of time just trying to get rid of this Schedule. Thank you for your help.

[DoninGA]

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@jofellers wrote:

I cannot delete Schedule 8812. I don't understand why it's even there since we have no child dependents.

This is very frustrating as I have wasted a lot of time just trying to get rid of this Schedule. Thank you for your help.

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Everyone is being asked this question since TurboTax does not know if the user was one who received these advances from the IRS in 2021.

Enter a 0 (zero) when asked to enter a number on the Schedule 8812. This will correct the issue and remove the Schedule 8812 from your tax return so that you can file the return.

[Lyman600]

Turbo Tax wants me to complete schedule 8812, however, I do not have any dependent children.  What do I do ??

[DoninGA]

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@Lyman600 wrote:

Turbo Tax wants me to complete schedule 8812, however, I do not have any dependent children.  What do I do ??

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Everyone is being asked this question since TurboTax does not know if the user was one who received these advances from the IRS in 2021.

Enter a 0 (zero) when asked to enter a number on the Schedule 8812. This will correct the issue and remove the Schedule 8812 from your tax return so that you can file the return.

[cloth99]

same here.  i've got no dependents and the form returns after i delete it. 

[DoninGA]

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@cloth99 wrote:

same here.  i've got no dependents and the form returns after i delete it. 

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Everyone is being asked this question since TurboTax does not know if the user was one who received these advances from the IRS in 2021.

Enter a 0 (zero) when asked to enter a number on the Schedule 8812. This will correct the issue and remove the Schedule 8812 from your tax return so that you can file the return.

[Passion4Diving]

The solution posted by Mike029 solves the problem.  Get into the "Easy Step" method, and follow the process outlined by Mike029. 

Worked for me and I was able to delete 8812 without it reappearing.

[dbc22]

same thing happened to me with 2 tax forms.  seems like the program should have included that question in the step by step or even when you select your own forms.  I had to search around to see where the form was driven and did not find it. finally entered 0 in the form but waste of time.