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For Tax Year 2017, the maximum credit per child is $1,000. However, to qualify, each child must be under the age of 17 at the end of the tax year. If one of your children was 17 in 2017, you'll only have two qualifying children for the credit, hence the $2,000 credit you're seeing.
For Tax Year 2017, the maximum credit per child is $1,000. However, to qualify, each child must be under the age of 17 at the end of the tax year. If one of your children was 17 in 2017, you'll only have two qualifying children for the credit, hence the $2,000 credit you're seeing.
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