Will my South Carolina child tac credit show up in my return?

[beccanlangley123]

It says I am eligible for $4,300 additional child credit for south carolina, but it doesnt add into my return amount. Is there a reason why?

[DaveF1006]

It depends. The child tax credit in South Carolina is a non-refundable credit meaning that if your tax liability was reduced to zero, then the credit would not apply. A nonrefundable credit essentially means that the credit can't be used to increase your tax refund or to create a tax refund when you wouldn't have already had one. In other words, your savings cannot exceed the amount of tax you owe.

In laymen terms, this means you did not have enough income to take advantage of this tax credit.