Reply To: How much has everyone’s return changed

[Kclovesken]

So this year our return drastically went down. None of the Covid times credits applied to us but even with two dependents and the credits my return went down a LOT. I’m trying to figure out what exactly is causing the changes. We did not get the large CTC last year as my dependents are older. The change to the childcare credit doesn’t apply either. I’m honestly baffled that it dropped by half. Did I miss some huge changes in EIC or something?

[Ann88]

Hi,

I thought my return would be lower due to all the changes that went into effect, but after I filed I saw that I was getting 5k more this year than last year. Last year I got a little over 2k, but this year it’s over 7k. I have one dependent, and claimed Child tax, EIC and education credits. I only made around 28k from my job but also paid over 3k in federal taxes.