ACTC not increasing refund?

[Atfrasier8]

I did not receive any of the advanced child tax credits in 2021 for my two dependents, the portal has always indicated “pending eligibility”. I filed my 2020 taxes last February, received my refund in March and received all three stimulus checks. No amended returns so I am not sure why I didn’t receive. I am entering my information online to file my 2021 taxes and when I indicate I received none of the payments my refund amount does not change. The ACTC just shows as a -6000.00 credit, should this be listed as an actual refund that I am to get back?

[Bev]

Correction: Not the advanced ctc, but the remaining credits not received last year.

[Bev]

Should the ACTC be added to the refund amount, or will the IRS process that portion separately and make a separate deposit?

[2171USMC]

If it makes you feel better, I forgot to claim it on my return which is 4,500 from June to Dec.

My return was slotted to be around 11k which seemed suspect. I don’t think I received the letter so I just dismissed it when asked what amount for the actc. The next day I looked into it because it was bothering me. Hoping in my case the IRS corrects for me so I don’t have to do an amendment.

[Amanda]

It also depends on your income. My boyfriend received one payment of $250. In so glad we went with our gut and opted out because he was over income this year and would have owed money.

[hiloshark]

soooo im confused. we got payments last year. we didnt opt out. i thought we get the other 1500 on this years return. but when it asked if we got payments last year and it confirmed it. our return went DOWN by 1500 . im lost.

[tay]

its called an advance. meaning they advanced us parents money last year on this years advanced child tax credit. I got 250 dollars for 1 child for 6 months. thats $1500 so when i go to file my taxes this year, instead of the $3000 credit i would expect to get, i will get only $1500 because they already advanced me the other $1500 last year. so if you did not get that money you will not see a reduction in that credit on your return this year. i hope that explains it

[Atfrasier8]

I use HR Block or Turbo Tax, when I tried both neither added it to my refund. I got all the way to “ready to efile” and it never added it.

[MizuSeirei]

@Atfrasier8

😊 In your case, you can count your $6000.00 credit toward what you will receive for your 2021 refund, granted you owe nothing for federal or state taxes.

[MizuSeirei]

If you didn’t get a payment last year, or if you opted out of the payments, you will get your payments in a lump sum with your return this year.

[Tiffany]

Same here I didn’t receive any payments and portal always stated “pending eligibility” what tax website/tax site are you using? My site didn’t apply it in the beginning but as I got towards the end I had to go back and it did the adjustment

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