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If a Divorced unemployed woman has custody of 17 yr old son but cannot determine which childcare amount she is entitled to claim $2000 or $500. Help?

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April 6, 2024
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If your child was 17 at the end of 2023 he is too old for the $2000 child tax credit. You get the $500 credit for other dependents if he is older than 16.

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-for-other-dependents

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Vanessa A

If you were unemployed for 2023 and have no taxable income. you would not claim either. Since your son is 17, he is only eligible for the $500 Non-Refundable Other Dependent Credit. Since it is nonrefundable, that means if you do not have a tax liability, there is nothing to reduce so you would not be able to claim the credit.

The child tax credit ends when they turn 17.

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