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child tax credit

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July 1, 2020
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How come I can input child tax credit into the software? but only allowed other child tax credit?

TurboTax Deluxe Online

Employee

If the child was over age 16 at the end of 2019 then the other child credit is all there is.

**Disclaimer: This post is for discussion purposes only and is NOT tax advice. The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information in this post.**

DoninGA

Employee

The dependent child must be under the age of 17 for the Child Tax Credit. Otherwise they are only eligible for the Other Dependent Tax Credit.

In the My Info section carefully review all of your answers for the dependent. Make sure that you indicated that they lived with you for the whole year, they did Not provide over one-half of their own support, that another person in the household did not also provide support and that their date of birth is correct.

If all answers are valid and the child is under the age of 17, delete them as a dependent and re-enter.