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February 25, 2022
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I am 22 and do not have kids. Why do I have to fill out Childs Income?

  • February 25, 2022
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Employee
February 25, 2022

Are you being asked about the child tax credit?

 

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.
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wburns36Author
February 25, 2022

Thanks for your help, it is still having me go to the part that says 

"Enter the parent's taxable income from Form 1040 or 1040-NR, line 15.
If zero or less, enter -0-. If the parent files Form 2555, see the instructions"
And then wants me to put parents social security info in, I dont see why I would have to put in all this info
VolvoGirl
Employee
February 25, 2022

Are you a full time student?  Are your parents claiming you as a dependent?  You must have said you are a dependent under My Info.