Amended returns affecting CTC?

[Angela]

It was recommended by TT that I amend since I qualified for additional credits on top of the unemployment refund. It was filed and accepted on 4/30/21 and while it shows accepted, nothing else yet. I expect to be making a call to the IRS in August when the 16 week mark passes.

I checked the CTC portal today and it lists as Pending. That I will not receive the credit payment at this time.

So with that said, are any others with amended returns seeing they are eligible? Or are we all under Pending until they decide to process amended returns? Also, any amended filers have any deposits yet? Movement on WMAR?

Thanks in advance!

[Keisha]

Well i Amended as well 3/25/21 and everything was the same as everyone else concerned i received my refund 8/30/21 now my ctc says egible i did talk to someone from the irs and it was stated that when amending you will not receive any benefit due to that but was not sure how my ctc will be paid back rather it’s going to be paid for the 2 months i have not received any payments or how and if i don’t receive the 3rd stimulus it will have to be filed my taxes next yr so hope that helped

[T]

Got my July CTC payment and found out I needed to amend my state taxes. Turbo Tax also sent an un-needed amended return for Federal Taxes. CTC now says pending and I didn’t get my August CTC. I was really counting on that money I really thought it was coming :(

[Fiodeline Williams Jimenez]

Im pay my unemployment taxes but I’m still not received nothing

[Karebare016]

If you filed taxes before the law passed to make the first $10,200 of unemployment income exempt then you are due back any taxes paid on that income. You don’t need to do anything, the IRS will automatically process it. If the exemption qualified you for additional credits you didn’t qualify for prior to the exemption such as the earned income credit then you do have to file an amendment.

[Karebare016]

I believe I received the unemployment refund yesterday due to the auto correction which was direct deposit, but I will need to wait for my amended return to process for the EIC and that will be a mailed check. That’s why it was so much less than I expected. But now that the unemployment payment processed my Advance CTC updated to Eligible!! But since it was after the July payment will I get that payment or will they just start in August?

[Trying To Navigate The Broken System]

We filed our taxes in February, after it looked as though the tax law wouldn’t change, and those were processed just fine. Then our CPA contacted us when the law did in fact change, and we filed an amended return. This was in March, but the system says April 10…whatever. That return has not been processed, but technically, the IRS has until next week. We received nothing on July 15th, so I began wondering if there was some kind of correlation between the two.

[Greg Smith]

Same boat here. We amended our returns and haven’t received the CTC, it says Pending.

[Tara]

Finally updated with DDD 7/28
Not sure if I will get dd or check mailed since it was amended but there is an end in sight thabk God. Amended on 4/26 due to qualifying for more credits. No movement at all until today and it’s more then turbo tax said plus interest

[Angela]

Check transcripts. Mine updated today with a DDD, though the amount is considerably less than TT said. Oh well. At this point, something is better than nothing. CTC portal still says pending, no payments

[Cheekykat]

I amended on may 10 it finally moved to adjusted on July 16 but I don’t know what to look for now if anything. The ctc portal changed from pending to eligible but says they are mailing my first payment and DD will start with Aug payment, which makes no sense. Under processed payments its still blank. I don’t know what’s going on…. Anyone have any insight? Thanks!

[Au-Some mom]

Amended return May 5th. Still waiting. CTC status shows pending. This is so frustrating!

[Tiffany]

Angela I’m in the same exact boat as you. TT told me the same, I amended and it was accepted 04/30/21 and CTC says the same thing. Now if we owed them money they’d be adding interest. TT is to blame though, they should have not told us to file an amended return. It’s would have made all of the adjustments we would have needed now I see.

[Angry mom]

Omg I’m glad I’m not the only one. I finally got into the ctc portal and was in tears when I saw it said pending eligibility. Does anyone know if that means we won’t get the July payment?

[Angry mom]

Omg I’m glad I’m not the only one. I finally got into the ctc portal and was in tears when I saw it said pending eligibility. Does anyone know if that means we won’t get the July payment?

[Angry mom]

Omg I’m glad I’m not the only one. I finally got into the ctc portal and was in tears when I saw it said pending eligibility. Does anyone know if that means we won’t get the July payment?

[Neena]

I am on the same boat. I filed an amended return in early April due to unemployment and I qualified for other credits after unemployment removed. My CTC is also said pending and the amended returns is “being processed”.

[Lisa]

Same as everyone here. This sucks

[Stillwaiting]

I’ve been waiting since 2/11. I just realized for some reason that my daughter was removed as a dependent. She lived with us through August until she left for grad school. I went back and added her and our refund went up another $2,400. I amended and transmitted it. I figure I’ve waited this long, what the heck.

[Sunshine]

We amended as well, May 13th. That’s pending and so is CTC credit. No payments as of yet. Def think it had to do with the Amendments

[HelpOh]

Same here ours shows pending, no amended return but our refund took forever to get just got it in May. We qualify so I’m not sure why ours is pending we have been screwed by the irs the last 2 years I feel like just no luck when it comes to them.

[Atfrasier8]

My status shows “eligibility- pending. you will not receive advanced payments at this time”. I filed my 2020 tax return, married filing separate with two dependents, return was processed and I received my refund in March. I have not amended my return, I am under the income limit and my kids are 8 and 10 so I have no idea why mine is pending. Seems like it is happening for no reason as well.

[Frustrated Fedup Mom]

I also had to file an amended return was received on May 7th and now CTC portal says pending will not receive at this time really frustrated because we do qualify now that’s messing with it.

[Kerry]

I’m not getting mine either. I filed an amended return as directed by HR Block and now it says pending. My income is actually a lot lower this year than 2020 (which I still qualified) and I could really use to funds to pay for some of the things my kids need prior to school. Guess we’re going to have to wait on some things.

[JJ]

Same here I amended and didn’t get my CTC

[Key]

I didn’t amend and my status says pending. They’re just pretending like they want to help. They aren’t helping nor is anything going correctly. I’m still waiting on taxes I filed in Feb

[Ana]

I had to amend on 4/28 (still not processed) to qualify for EITC after the UI change. I did not receive my CTC this morning, and it still shows pending. I qualified before and after the amended taxes. This is so frustrating.

[Starr]

My return took forever but I got and didn’t amend.
So I am very confused why mine says pending.

[Jessica A]

Update: As of this morning I have not received the Ctc. 😒

[maryjaneslastdance]

Idk why I woke up with any kinda fucking hope that the IRS would go off our 2019 taxes like they said in the first place. I’m so fed up and frustrated with this year. I’m about to quit the Internet and just fucking wait. Frustrated isn’t the word. Fuck the IRS

[Ashley]

Same issue. I filed on February 11th. Got my return at the end of March, but had to do an amendment due to not receiving the stimulus for our baby last year. So same boat, amended return and portal says pending will not receive payments at this time. My husbands says deposit date of 7/15 and the amount and that it was direct deposit. So obviously it’s the amendments causing the problem.

[Tate]

So I just got off the phone with the IRS and was told if I filed an amended return I would need to wait until after t is processed and completed in order to get my Unemployment and CTC payments. That’s why it’s showing pending. You will not receive payment at this time. Grrrrrhhhhhhh!!!!!! And they are taking so long to complete the amended returns it’s just ridiculous.

[Momof3]

Did anyone receive a letter even though they have the pending status? We did so I am extremely confused

[Momof3]

Did anyone receive a letter saying their estimated amount?

[Kalisia]

Same, I amended my return and am seeing a ‘pending you will not receive CTC payments at this time’.

[SDHD]

So I’m seeing that the trend here is that anyone who has amended their return and is eligible for the CTC is being shown a pending status.

[Knocc]

Gadang…so its the atupid ammendment I filed thats causing this delay?🤦‍♂️not cool man.

[Aliceinworryland]

So our status for the CTC is: Pending. You will not receive advance payments at this time. There’s going to be a large portion of eligible families who will not receive these payments because the IRS is going by the 2020 returns that are on hold for various reasons. We will probably have to claim the CTC on our 2021 taxes.

[Aliceinworryland]

My return isn’t amended. We were audited for EIC & CTC on our children. We haven’t received our 2020 refund yet. We are definitely eligible, but it seems that instead of using our 2019 return, they are going by our 2020 return that is being audited and not finished processing.

[Sylvia]

Same here amended accepted on March 8th called IRS after the 16 week mark it says take action. I had to call them and was told they had to send a letter to the main people saying hey she’s passed her 16 week window an to give them 30 days to respond. I haven’t received my 3rd stimulus and ctc saying pending I will not receive payments at this time. So yaw yea I’m pretty sure amendments play a big role why we are getting that message.

[Karebare016]

Same boat. Amended because I qualified for the EIC with the unemployment income deduction, but now my CTC says pending no payments at this time. IRS said they’d use 2019 if 2020 wasn’t processed, but I think the amended return is the problem.

[Sar]

I’m also pending . Shouldn’t they go off 2019? This sucks, could really use the ctc

[Jen]

I also amended, accepted April 1, and ctc says pending will not get payments at this time. I amended because it put us in a lower tax bracket and we were eligible for more credits. Hopefully soon!

[Angela]

The amended return doesn’t even put me close to $75k, not even half. So I know for fact I am eligible for the credit as are many others. Seems any with amended returns just sitting there, even those electronically submitted, are seeing the “pending” message for CTC advances.

No, if I was making over 75,000 a year, I wouldn’t be stressing over a couple hundred a month.

[Violeteyes00]

I also amended my return and it shows pending. I also do qualify so it must be the amended return causing this Pending option.

[Tara]

It won’t show any payments at this time because it won’t allow you to opt out of the first payment because it is past the deadline to do so. I believe that is why it is showing this error message. Amended return should not affect your ctc unless it pushes you over the threshold of 150,000 for married or 75,000 for single. It should update once the first round goes out then it will show pending monthly payments

[Jessica A]

Turbo told me to file amended return for the unemployment credit. Accepted on 04/28. Turns out no one needed to do anything the IRS would automatically correct and issue this check. 😒 Thank you Turbo Tax. So now that this check is in limbo how does affect the Ctc? I check the portal daily maybe to push myself futher into insanity but I always see Pending. You will not receive advance payments at this time. I also check my amended status daily. For what reason? I don’t know. 😳

[Pgh Shay]

I too amended my return & my status says pending and I wont be getting a payment at this time. I know I qualify, but my amended return I believe is what the issue is.

[Angela]

I will for sure update if anything changes.

@cabinfevermom
Have you called to check on yours yet? Your 16 weeks was up on June 9th. Hopefully there is some information coming soon.

[Cabinfevermom]

I amended Feb 17th to get EIC. WMAR shows received & so does my transcript. But when checking eligibility for ctc, I am getting same message. Pending, no payments at this time. Not sure why. I’ll keep posted if they let my message post. I hope the status says that because no payment has been sent yet. IRS says if you filed an amended return that will not interfere with ctc payments. Wouldn’t be the first time they lied.

[LadyNC]

Same here . Mines show pending . I amended March 28 and hav had no movement besides the as of date changes probably for resequencing . I will keep you updated please do the same .

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