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IRS Form 8812 Combat

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
January 29, 2020
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FORM 8812 is used by to calculate and report both the Child Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit.

Your nontaxable combat pay is listed on Form W-2, box 12, with code Q.

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im having the same issue, it says that theres an error with form 8812 combat pay, i entered everything exactly as on the w2. turbo tax says i need to fix it but doesnt say how.

There was a hold on returns with the 8812 Combat pay exclusion. Please try reviewing your return again.

Please see the attached post for additional information directly related to this issue:

Rejected Form 8812 Combat pay correction steps

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we are retired and have not children at home all grown and gone why did this form show up in the final review

Revisit the Child and other dependent Tax credit section and answer all the questions. Make sure to indicate that you didn't receive any Advanced payments.

Login to your account.
Select Federal from the left menu.
Go to Deductions and Credits.
Scroll down to Child and Other Dependent Tax Credit.
Continue to the screen "Tell us about any Advance Child Tax Credit Payments and select NO

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