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The child tax credit increased from $2000 to $3000---or $3600 for children who are under 6 years old. The six months of payments you get between now and January 2022 will be half of the amount. The other half is refundable on your 2021 tax return that you prepare next year. The whole amount is a refundable amount.
If your child is 6 or older you will be getting $250 per month; under 6 you get $300 per month. 6 payments of $250 = $1500-----so at tax time you still have a remaining child tax credit of $1500.
If you received a full $2000 credit this year for a child dependent under age 16, and you claim the same dependent on 2021, then this year you would expect to receive advance payments of $1800 ($300 per month over 6 months), and the remaining $1200 would be applied as a credit on your tax return. Assuming your income and all other tax facts are the same, then since the credit applied on the actual tax return would be $800 less than the credit applied on the tax return last year, you would expect to have your refund be $800 less or your tax due $800 more. But you will have also received the advance payments.
The child tax credit increased from $2000 to $3000---or $3600 for children who are under 6 years old. The six months of payments you get between now and January 2022 will be half of the amount. The other half is refundable on your 2021 tax return that you prepare next year. The whole amount is a refundable amount.
If your child is 6 or older you will be getting $250 per month; under 6 you get $300 per month. 6 payments of $250 = $1500-----so at tax time you still have a remaining child tax credit of $1500.
If you received a full $2000 credit this year for a child dependent under age 16, and you claim the same dependent on 2021, then this year you would expect to receive advance payments of $1800 ($300 per month over 6 months), and the remaining $1200 would be applied as a credit on your tax return. Assuming your income and all other tax facts are the same, then since the credit applied on the actual tax return would be $800 less than the credit applied on the tax return last year, you would expect to have your refund be $800 less or your tax due $800 more. But you will have also received the advance payments.
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