Can I amend 2 years back tax return with the itin generated this year

[Porus]

Dear Team,

My daughter was not with me during the enter year of 2018, she came to the US at the end of 2019 so I applied for ITIN for her with the 2020 returns. Couple of weeks back I got the ITIN number finally. 

Question is, can I amend 2018 returns and claim Child tax credit of $500 with the new itin or can't I because the itin got created this year and not 2018.

Please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

[Gracie_Alison]

No and you cannot claim child tax credit in any year with an ITIN.  The child must have a social security number to claim child tax credit.

You cannot get a social security number and use it to amend previous year's taxes.  The child must have had the social security number in the year that taxes were filed for.

[Porus]

Thank you, Grace.

Maybe it is not Child Tax Credit. It is the $500 dependent child credit that we get for a non ssn dependent child who has an ITIN. I know for a child born here in the US it is $2000 and requires SSN.

[Gracie_Alison · Accepted solution]

If the original poster meant Other Dependent Credit, still cannot claim for the years when the child did not have an ITIN.