Schedule 8812:Advance Payments Question

[PSBMANLIJZM]

After review of my daughter’s federal return, Turbo Tax found 1 area that needed to be reviewed and the question it is asking if she received advance payments.  How do I find out if she received any payment? I did not see any earned income tax credit on last year's taxes.

Last year she filed taxes as single and that someone can claim her as a dependent. She earned less than 2,200.00 last year. She is not married, does not have kids, and lives at home with parents.

Is this appearing on the screen because she is receiving this year earned income credit?

 

[DoninGA]

The question refers to advance child tax credits received in the months of July thru December 2021 from the IRS. 

Everyone is being asked this question since TurboTax does not know if the user was one who received these advances from the IRS in 2021.

Enter a 0 (zero) when asked to enter a number on the Schedule 8812. This will correct the issue and remove the Schedule 8812 from your tax return so that you can file the return.

[xmasbaby0]

Then clearly she would not have received advance child tax credit payments.

Everyone has to answer whether they received advance child tax credit payments.   If you did not receive any of those payments between July and December you need to answer that you did not receive any payments.

There are so many scenarios with those payments---like divorced/never married parents who have issues over who received the payments, who claimed the children, etc. --- the software has no way of knowing if any of that involves you---so you have to answer the questions about it. 

Please follow these steps to indicate you did not receive any advanced payments:

1. Click on the "Search" on the top and type "Child tax credit"
2. Click on “Jump to Child Tax Credit”
3. Continue through the questions until the "Tell us about any advance Child Tax Credit payments" screen and select "No".
4. Continue through the questions.