Comments on: What is the additional child tax credit and how do I get it? http://raiseyourcreditnow.com/what-is-the-additional-child-tax-credit-and-how-do-i-get-it/ Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Judy http://raiseyourcreditnow.com/what-is-the-additional-child-tax-credit-and-how-do-i-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Judy Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:35:59 +0000 http://raiseyourcreditnow.com/what-is-the-additional-child-tax-credit-and-how-do-i-get-it/#comment-3118 If a person or couple's taxes aren't high enough to take the full $1000 child tax credit, then the rest of it might be able to be claimed as the "additional child tax credit" to total the full $1000. It's not additional money to the $1000. If you don't get the full $1000 because you don't owe enough tax to take it, fill out form 8812 (can be downloaded at irs.gov) to see if you qualify for getting the rest of the $1000 through the additional child tax credit. If a person or couple’s taxes aren’t high enough to take the full $1000 child tax credit, then the rest of it might be able to be claimed as the “additional child tax credit” to total the full $1000. It’s not additional money to the $1000.

If you don’t get the full $1000 because you don’t owe enough tax to take it, fill out form 8812 (can be downloaded at irs.gov) to see if you qualify for getting the rest of the $1000 through the additional child tax credit.

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