Schedule 8812

[ShaniceD24]

Turbotax 2021 is asking me to fill out the schedule 8812 form. But I do not have any dependents or children. Why is it asking me to fill this out? I cannot seem to skip this section.

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

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.

[VolvoGirl]

They have to ask everyone.  In case you aren't claiming a child this year and need to pay back any Advance Child Tax Credit you got during the year.

[ShaniceD24]

Thank you so much for your help!