Didn’t receive a child tax credit? Check if you are eligible
Today, millions of Americans will receive the fourth installment of the early childhood tax credit. If you haven’t received a CTC payment yet because you haven’t signed up or are wondering if you qualify, there’s an easy way to check your eligibility.
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The first thing to know is that only children who are US citizens are eligible for the allowance. Then visit the IRS website and navigate to the Advance Child Tax Credit Eligibility Assistant page. You will see a “Check Your Eligibility” link which will walk you through a series of questions. You will first be asked if you claimed the CTC on your most recent tax return and if you plan to claim it on your 2021 return. If you answer “no”, you are not eligible for advance payments from the tax return. CCT.
All other answers – “yes”, “not sure” and “did not file a tax return” – will send you to other questions. You will need to answer if your primary residence for more than half of 2019 or 2020 was in the United States or on its military installations. If so, you can continue. If not, you are not eligible for CTC advance payments – even if you resided in U.S. territory outside of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (exceptions may be granted to residents of Puerto Rico, according to the forms that ‘they deposit).
From there, you will be asked to provide information such as your filing status, income, and the number of eligible children. According to the White House website, all working families will get full credit if they earn up to $ 150,000 for a couple or $ 112,500 for a single-parent family (also known as the head of the household).
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Partial credits are available for those earning higher incomes. You may still be eligible for the credit even if you are not currently working or did not work in 2020.
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