My child has an ITIN but no SSN. The instructions says to put the ITIN in the SSN field. How does turbotax know to not get the child tax credit and apply the other credit

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My child has an ITIN but no SSN. The instructions says to put the ITIN in the SSN field. How does turbotax know to not get the child tax credit and apply the other credit

How does it know? Because it is an ITIN and not a SSN. They have different number ranges.

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