Review the qualification for the Child Tax Credit shown below, and if this information does not resolve your issue please provide additional details. In addition, note that a portion of the CTC is nonrefundable (you don't get the credit if you don't owe taxes) and a part of it is refundable (you get that part even if you don't owe taxes). So, it you don't owe taxes, you don't get the entire credit. Also, the credit is limited if your adjusted gross income is more than $200,000 ($400,000 married filing jointly). Here are the qualifications for a "qualifying child" for the CTC, copied from IRS Publication 972 at this link: Qualifying Child for the CTC A child qualifies you for the CTC if the child meets all of the following conditions. The child is your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, you grandchild, niece, or nephew). The child was under age 17 at the end of 2019. The child did not provide over half of his or her own support for 2019. The child lived with you for more than half of 2019 (see Exceptions to time lived with you, later). The child is claimed as a dependent on your return. See Pub. 501 for more information about claiming someone as a dependent. The child does not file a joint return for the year (or files it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid). The child was a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident alien. For more information, see Pub. 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens. If the child was adopted, see Adopted child, later.

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I claimed my 4 yo daughter but she wasn’t considered a child tax credit why?

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Review the qualification for the Child Tax Credit shown below, and if this information does not resolve your issue please provide additional details.

In addition, note that a portion of the CTC is nonrefundable (you don't get the credit if you don't owe taxes) and a part of it is refundable (you get that part even if you don't owe taxes). So, it you don't owe taxes, you don't get the entire credit.

Also, the credit is limited if your adjusted gross income is more than $200,000 ($400,000 married filing jointly).

Here are the qualifications for a "qualifying child" for the CTC, copied from IRS Publication 972 at this link:

Qualifying Child for the CTC

A child qualifies you for the CTC if the child meets all of the following conditions.

The child is your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, you grandchild, niece, or nephew).
The child was under age 17 at the end of 2019.
The child did not provide over half of his or her own support for 2019.
The child lived with you for more than half of 2019 (see Exceptions to time lived with you, later).
The child is claimed as a dependent on your return. See Pub. 501 for more information about claiming someone as a dependent.
The child does not file a joint return for the year (or files it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).
The child was a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident alien. For more information, see Pub. 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens. If the child was adopted, see Adopted child, later.