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posted Feb 11, 2025 9:46:05 PM

Schedule 8812, Part 1 Qualifying child not showing correctly

I have a 15-year-old dependent but on Schedule 8812, it is showing the dependent as being as being 17 or older.  Birth date is 02/28/2009, Item 4 is calculating as zero and item 6 is calculating as 1.  Income is less than $12000.  Child Tax Credit is showing as zero.

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Level 15
Feb 12, 2025 6:25:05 AM

Something has been entered incorrectly in MY INFO.   You need to go back through the screens in MY INFO to change something you have answered wrong.

 

 

Make sure you have entered your child as a dependent in My Info, and that you have entered the child's Social Security number.    Careful— do not say that your child’s SSN is not valid for employment.  If your child was born in 2024 make sure you said he lived with you the whole year.  There is an oddly worded question that asks if the child paid over half their own support.  Say NO to that question.