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I am disabled and head of household. Last year I got $8000 and this year, nothing. I am wondering why?

 
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I am disabled and head of household. Last year I got $8000 and this year, nothing. I am wondering why?

If you do not have any type of income to be reported on a tax return there is no need to file a 2022 return.

You must have at least $2,500 of earned income to be eligible for the Child Tax Credit in tax year 2022.

I am disabled and head of household. Last year I got $8000 and this year, nothing. I am wondering why?

Tax year 2021 was unique.  You could get the child tax credit even if you did not work or earn any income.  That was only for that tax year.  The "old" rules are back now.

 

 If you did not work in 2022, you will not receive an income tax refund based on having dependent children.

 

The rules for getting the child tax credit on a 2021 tax return and now on a 2022 return are very different.  For 2021 you could get $3600 for a child under 6 or $3000 for a child between 6 and 17 even if you had no income/did not work.   That is NOT the way it will work for your 2022 tax return.  The “old” rules are back.   The maximum amount of the child tax credit is now $2000; the refundable “additional child tax credit” amount is $1500.   In order to get that credit, you have to have income from working.  The credit is calculated based on the amount you earned above $2500 multiplied by 15%, up to the full $1500.  If your child is older than 16 at the end of 2022, you do not get the CTC.  But you may still get the non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents instead.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900923-what-is-the-child-tax-credit

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-f...

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