{"id":116540,"date":"2021-06-30T19:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/?p=116540"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:56:46","slug":"child-tax-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/child-tax-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Tax Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>The Child Tax Credit helps parents lower their tax bills per qualifying child. Parents and guardians with higher incomes may be eligible to claim a partial credit. If you are New York resident, you can receive tax credits when filing for state taxes.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tax credit amounts are mostly based on three factors: marital status, income, and the number of dependent children.<\/li>\n<li>Children must have a Social Security number for families to be eligible to receive the tax credit.<\/li>\n<li>Check if you qualify with an IRS Interactive Tax Assistant at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/help\/ita\/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-for-other-dependents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">irs.gov\/help\/ita\/does-my-childdependent-qualify-for-the-child-tax-credit-or-the-credit-for-other-dependents<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You can claim the Child Tax Credit by entering your children and other dependents on\u00a0<a title=\"About Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-1040\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"d6635433-611d-474d-aea4-0f816139e0bf\">Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return<\/a>, and attaching a completed\u00a0<a title=\"About Schedule 8812 (Form 1040), Credits for Qualifying Children and Other Dependents\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-schedule-8812-form-1040\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"16806c26-cd9c-4dc3-bef9-e9f5aaea5618\">Schedule 8812, Credits for Qualifying Children and Other Dependents<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For Child Tax Credit with New York State, there are income criteria. Check if you qualify at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tax.ny.gov\/pit\/credits\/empire_state_child_credit.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.tax.ny.gov\/pit\/credits\/empire_state_child_credit.htm<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nLearn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/credits-deductions\/individuals\/child-tax-credit\">irs.gov\/credits-deductions\/individuals\/child-tax-credit<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>Updated on February 27, 2024<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Child Tax Credit helps parents lower their tax bills per qualifying child. Parents and guardians with higher incomes may be eligible to claim a partial credit. If you are New York resident, you can receive tax credits when filing for state taxes. &nbsp; Tax credit amounts are mostly based on three factors: marital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits","category-help-for-tax-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116540"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118475,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116540\/revisions\/118475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/newyorkcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}