Form 8812 Child Tax Credit. I have to enter $0 for EVERY client in the line for advanced payments received even if it doesn't apply at all.

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February 8, 2022
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I have done 3 returns at this point for elderly and older clients who have no children to claim. I kept getting an error re Form 8812 which is the child tax credit form. I found that I have to go to that form, enter $0 in the middle of it regarding the advanced child tax credit payments in order to get the error to go away. Are the rest of you finding out that you must do this? Most of my clients do not have the child tax credit at all so this is just another slow down for my firm that I had to let the preparers know to deal with.

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Best answer by Camp1040

plopping a couple zeros into a form shouldnt be too much of a time suck.

And lets give a shout out to intuit for pre populating the year on the 8879 this year so we don't have to type in four digits any more.

Just-Lisa-Now-

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Yes, its possible for someone to have received the ACTC even if they dont have any children on the return for 2021, so each and every return will pop up wanting an amount on the 8812, even if its zero.

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