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January 31, 2024
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Why is it saying I’m only getting 98$ back when I have 2 kids to claim?

  • January 31, 2024
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Hal_Al
Employee
January 31, 2024

Your income is too low. The child tax credit  (CTC) is not a straight $2000 per child. 

 

 The child tax credit  is  limited to your tax liability. The CTC is a non-refundable credit and can only reduce your income tax to 0, It can not help you beyond eliminating your tax liability. But, if you have more than $2500 of earned income, some or all of it is usually given back to you thru the "Additional Child tax credit". That is, part of the CTC may be on line 28 of form 1040 (2021- 2023) instead of line 19. The  ACTC is calculated on form 8812 and  is basically 15% of your earned income over $2500. The ACTC is a maximum of $1600 (2023) ($1500 for 2022) per child, not $2000.