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May 27, 2020
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CHILD TAX CREDIT NOT CALCULATING

  • May 27, 2020
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Spouse will be applying for an ITIN # with MFJ tax return. They will qualify for the Child Tax Credit. I cannot find where in Lacerte I can have it calculate the Child Tax Credit because spouse does not have a social or ITIN? I was told by another EA that Drake does allow this, so I am sure Lacerte does too....

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itonewbie
Level 15
May 27, 2020

If your client will be filing the return on paper with the W-7 by the due date and you want the CTC to be shown on the return, you will need to manually compute the amount allowable and enter that as an override on Screen 38.2, under the Child Tax Credits section, on the line for Child tax credit and other dependent credit (Form 1040, line 12) [O].

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