Fillable Printable Form 1040 Schedule 8812
Fillable Printable Form 1040 Schedule 8812
Form 1040 Schedule 8812
SCHEDULE 8812
(Form 1040A or 1040)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (99)
Child Tax Credit
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Attach to Form 1040, Form 1040A, or Form 1040NR.
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Information about Schedule 8812 and its separate instructions is at
www.irs.gov/schedule8812.
OMB No. 1545-0074
2016
Attachment
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1040A
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1040NR
Name(s) shown on return Your social security number
Part I Filers Who Have Certain Child Dependent(s) with an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number)
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CAUTION
Complete this part only for each dependent who has an ITIN and for whom you are claiming the child tax credit.
If your dependent is not a qualifying child for the credit, you cannot include that dependent in the calculation of this credit.
Answer the following questions for each dependent listed on Form 1040, line 6c; Form 1040A, line 6c; or Form 1040NR, line 7c, who has an ITIN
(Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) and that you indicated is a qualifying child for the child tax credit by checking column (4) for that
dependent.
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For the first dependent identified with an ITIN and listed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit, did this child meet the substantial
presence test? See separate instructions.
Yes
No
B For the second dependent identified with an ITIN and listed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit, did this child meet the substantial
presence test? See separate instructions.
Yes
No
C
For the third dependent identified with an ITIN and listed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit, did this child meet the substantial
presence test? See separate instructions.
Yes
No
D
For the fourth dependent identified with an ITIN and listed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit, did this child meet the substantial
presence test? See separate instructions.
Yes
No
Note: If you have more than four dependents identified with an ITIN and listed as a qualifying child for the child tax credit, see separate instructions
and check here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part II Additional Child Tax Credit Filers
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If you file Form 2555 or 2555-EZ stop here; you cannot claim the additional child tax credit.
If you are required to use the worksheet in Pub. 972, enter the amount from line 8 of the Child Tax
Credit Worksheet in the publication. Otherwise:
1040 filers:
Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the
Instructions for Form 1040, line 52).
1040A filers:
Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the
Instructions for Form 1040A, line 35).
1040NR filers:
Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the
Instructions for Form 1040NR, line 49).
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2 Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 52; Form 1040A, line 35; or Form 1040NR, line 49 . . . . .
2
3 Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero, stop here; you cannot claim this credit . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4a Earned income (see separate instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . 4a
b Nontaxable combat pay (see separate
instructions) . . . . . . . . . . .
4b
5 Is the amount on line 4a more than $3,000?
No. Leave line 5 blank and enter -0- on line 6.
Yes. Subtract $3,000 from the amount on line 4a. Enter the result . . . 5
6 Multiply the amount on line 5 by 15% (0.15) and enter the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Next. Do you have three or more qualifying children?
No.
If line 6 is zero, stop here; you cannot claim this credit. Otherwise, skip Part III and enter the
smaller of line 3 or line 6 on line 13.
Yes.
If line 6 is equal to or more than line 3, skip Part III and enter the amount from line 3 on line 13.
Otherwise, go to line 7.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Cat. No. 59761M Schedule 8812 (Form 1040A or 1040) 2016
Schedule 8812 (Form 1040A or 1040) 2016
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Part III Certain Filers Who Have Three or More Qualifying Children
7 Withheld social security, Medicare, and Additional Medicare taxes from
Form(s) W-2, boxes 4 and 6. If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s
amounts with yours. If your employer withheld or you paid Additional
Medicare Tax or tier 1 RRTA taxes, see separate instructions . . . . . .
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8 1040 filers:
Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040, lines
27 and 58, plus any taxes that you identified using code
“UT” and entered on line 62.
1040A filers: Enter -0-.
1040NR filers:
Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040NR,
lines 27 and 56, plus any taxes that you identified using
code “UT” and entered on line 60.
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9 Add lines 7 and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 1040 filers:
Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040, lines
66a and 71.
1040A filers:
Enter the total of the amount from Form 1040A, line
42a, plus any excess social security and tier 1 RRTA
taxes withheld that you entered to the left of line 46
(see separate instructions).
1040NR filers: Enter the amount from Form 1040NR, line 67.
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11 Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Enter the larger of line 6 or line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Next, enter the smaller of line 3 or line 12 on line 13.
Part IV Additional Child Tax Credit
13 This is your additional child tax credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1040A
1040
1040NR
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Enter this amount on
Form 1040, line 67,
Form 1040A, line 43, or
Form 1040NR, line 64.
Schedule 8812 (Form 1040A or 1040) 2016
