Does the child tax portion want you to put down the payment of one month, or the total amount of the 6 month amount and they add it up for you?

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You will get a letter from the IRS telling you what to report. The total amount you received will be reported. 

[JulieS]

The program is asking for the total amount of payments you received during 2021. 

If you are uncertain, the IRS will send Letter 6419, starting late December 2021 and continuing into January 2022. The letter will include the total amount of advance Child Tax Credit payments taxpayers received in 2021 and the number of qualifying children used to calculate the advance payments. 

Box 1 is the total amount of advanced credit received.

Box 2 is the number of qualified children

In addition, you can check online to see what the IRS records show.

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