You are posting your question from the expensive online Live Deluxe....which includes live expert help from a CPA. There is an extra free to prepare a state return if you are using that. You can clear and start over in the Free Edition. Everything you have entered will be gone, so you will really start over from the beginning.
You say you are only filing to get the child tax credit. Are you aware that the tax law changed, and that you cannot get the refundable child tax credit if you did not have income from working? If you did not have income from working you will not get a refund.
CLEAR AND START OVER
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2586254-how-do-i-clear-and-start-over
Or—-Use this IRS site for other ways to file for free. There are 8 free software versions available from the IRS Free File site
https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/
Have you entered income from working in 2022? If not, 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 per child; 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 per child. 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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