Yes, you may claim part of the Child Tax Credit (see below) even if you received no income and paid no U.S. Social Security taxes.
If your available Child Tax Credit is greater than your tax liability, which could be true in your tax situation if you had no income, the Child Tax Credit can only reduce your tax bill to zero — you don’t get any unused portion of the credit back as a refund.
However, you may be able to claim the Additional Child Tax Credit, which allows you to receive up to $1,500 of the $2,000 Child Tax Credit per child as a refund for 2022. This means you get a check for the remaining Child Tax Credit (up to $1,500 per child) after your tax bill is reduced to zero.
To determine whether you’re eligible to claim the Additional Child Tax Credit, you can fill out the Child Tax Credit Worksheet included in the Form 1040 instructions. If you qualify, the worksheet will direct you to fill out Schedule 8812 to claim the Additional Child Tax Credit.
If you use TurboTax to prepare your tax return, you don’t need to fill out any worksheets or worry about which forms to use. TurboTax will ask you a few simple questions about your dependents and income, calculate your credit, and fill in all of the right forms for you.
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