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Level 3
February 15, 2024
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IS A 100% DISALBED VETRAN ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM THE CHILD TAX CREDIT EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NO EARNED INCOME?

  • February 15, 2024
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SPOUSE HAS EARNED INCOME.
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sjrcpa
Level 15
February 15, 2024

Do you mean Dependent Care Credit Form 2441?

The more I know the more I don’t know.
Level 3
February 16, 2024

Yes i did,  sorry. 

Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
February 16, 2024

Child tax credit?    Im confused, what does earned income have to do with CTC?  

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Level 3
February 16, 2024

You’re right, I meant to say the dependent care credit

Skylane
Intuit Community Champion
February 16, 2024

f2441 instructions...If You or Your Spouse Was a Student or Disabled

2023 Instructions for Form 2441 (irs.gov)

 

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Level 3
February 16, 2024

Thank you for responding to my question.  And thank you for overlooking my obvious mistake is asking about the child tax credit instead of the dependent care credit.  I, too, read the instructions about being disabled and still claiming the credit.  However, here is what the instructions say..... 'Your spouse was disabled if they weren’t physically or mentally capable of caring for themselves.'  My client, that has been recognized militarily to be 100% disabled on a permanent basis,  he comes to my office, accompanied by his spouse.  He and I have back and forth conversations, his spouse does help him with some aspects of what is going on.  I do not think that he qualifies as not being able to physically or mentally care for himself.  My question now is whether or not military 100% disability would satisfy the 2441 requirement.    

 

Skylane
Intuit Community Champion
February 17, 2024

<< My client, that has been recognized militarily to be 100% disabled on a permanent basis>>

........... good enough for me.... I doubt you'll find anything definitive from the IRS one way or the other from the IRS.

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