Claiming the Credit

After you determine how many of your dependents qualify for the credit, you must remember to check the box next to the names of the qualifying children on the front of your tax form (the boxes are in Column 4 of Line 6c on Form 1040 or 1040A).

The child tax credit is subtracted after several other credits are applied to your tax liability. Therefore, you will need to compute the amounts of any other credits that apply to you before you can determine the amount of tax that's left over, and therefore the amount available to be reduced by your child tax credit.

Planning Tools You can use these Child Tax Credit worksheets and Schedule 8812 to determine the actual amount of your child tax credit or additional child credit.

If you cannot claim the full amount of the child tax credit, they may qualify for the additional child tax credit. The additional child tax credit may give you a refund even if you did not pay any tax.

You must file Schedule 8812, Child Tax Credit to see if you can take this refundable credit.

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