Early child tax credit

[Shanooshoez]

I have 4 children, ages 12, 12, 7, and 4. I recently got married in 2021. We never received any early child tax credits from July - December for some reason. When doing my taxes, it was showing that we won't get back as much if we didn't get any money between those months. If I say we did get some, my refund jumps up. I make less than $50k per year so I don't know why we wouldn't qualify for that. Any help would be great.

[RobertB4444]

The opposite should be happening.  Your refund should be reduced by any amount that you received previously.  If it is showing an increase you may be entering the amount in the wrong space.  It might be a good idea to request the live help in the upper right hand corner and have someone walk through this entry with you.

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