Tax Credits - Family & Dependent Tax Credits

explains the earned income tax credit with one child, highlighting how filing status, head of household, and marriage alter refundable credits and related child tax credits.

Explore the earned income tax credit for three or more qualifying children, analyzing how filing status, income thresholds, and refundable vs nonrefundable credits shape refunds, with scenario-based examples.

Discover how to claim the child and dependent care expenses credit, including forms 2441 and 1040, eligibility, and the impact of refundable vs nonrefundable credits for 2023–2024.

Explore child and dependent care credit, and determine if your caregiver is a household employee. Review form 2441, schedule H, and learn how payroll taxes and credits affect your return.

Learn how the child and dependent care expenses credit flows from Form 2441 to Schedule 3 and Form 1040, including nonrefundable credits and the child tax credit.

Explore credits for qualifying children and other dependents, including refundable vs nonrefundable credits, 2022 changes, phaseouts, and schedule 8812 basics.

Explore how to determine child tax credits and other dependent credits using Schedule 8812, Form 1040 details, and refundable versus nonrefundable credits, with Puerto Rico considerations and tax software planning.

Explore how qualifying children and other dependents affect tax credits, including the child tax credit and other dependent credit, through Form 1040 instructions and dependent criteria.

Explore the earned income tax credit, its refundable and nonrefundable components, AGI and Schedule EIC for qualifying children.

Explore the 2022 non-refundable child and dependent care credit, not the child tax credit. This credit covers employment related expenses up to $3,000 or $6,000, with 35% max and AGI.

Determine who qualifies for the child and dependent care expenses credit by applying the qualifying person and earned income tests, and learn which work-related expenses count.

Learn to calculate child and dependent care expenses on form 2441 and combine it with form 1040, including caps, earned income limits, and interaction with the child tax credit.

Explore 2018–2019 family and dependent tax credits, including the earned income tax credit and child tax credit. See how tax software simulates scenarios and populates forms with offline resources.

Explore how the earned income tax credit works, including eligibility and dependents' impact on credit. Use tax software to run scenarios (0–3 children) and see how income affects credit.

Explore how the earned income credit (EIC) reduces tax liability and can yield refunds, even with no taxes paid, and see how dependents and income levels affect the credit.

Explore earned income credit steps and eligibility using the 1040 instructions, including qualified child rules and the use of tax software.

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Explore what is new for the earned income credit in 2018, including the form 10-40 redesign, the move from 10-40a/easy to schedules, and the investment income limit of 3,500.

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Explore the seven rules everyone must meet to qualify for the earned income credit, including adjusted gross income limits, valid SSN, and filing status, before considering any qualifying child scenarios.

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Explore how adjusted gross income limits shape the earned income credit for filing statuses—from single and head of household to married filing jointly—as income rises.

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The lecture explains the earned income credit rules, clarifying that filing status cannot be married filing separately and that joint filing is usually required.

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Learn why you cannot file Form 2555 or Form 2555-EZ when claiming the earned income credit, and how foreign income exclusions impact the credit calculation.

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Explore how investment income must be 3,500 or less to qualify for the earned income credit, with examples using interest, dividends, and combined amounts.

Discover what counts as earned income for the earned income credit, including wages, self-employment, combat pay, and minister or statutory employee rules, and how election choices affect the credit.

download a supplementary file to accompany the instructional video, outlining 248 rules for a qualifying child within family and dependent tax credits.

Explore how the relationship and age criteria apply to claiming your child as a dependent under family and dependent tax credits, with a downloadable pdf supplement to the instructional video.

Identify the earned income credit requirements for a qualifying child by examining the relationship, age, residency, and joint return tests.

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Explore how Schedule EIC captures your qualifying child information—name, SSN, birth year, and relationship—to determine the earned income credit and ensure timely tax refunds when attached to Form 1040.

Explain the age test for a qualifying child under the earned income credit, covering five calendar months as a student and permanently and totally disabled status, with schedule EIC.

Provide a downloadable pda file to supplement the instructional video, enhancing understanding of the residency test within tax credits for family and dependent credits.

Explore the residency test for the qualifying child under the earned income tax credit, including the 'lived with you more than half the year' rule, military status, and temporary absences.

Explain the joint return test for a qualifying child under the earned income tax credit. Detail the four tests, noting the joint return exception for refunds of withheld taxes.

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Learn how the earned income credit is allocated when a qualifying child could belong to more than one taxpayer, including tiebreaker rules, residency, and AGI considerations.

Access a downloadable PDA file that supplements the instructional video on the 2018 earned income credit (EIC) table within the tax credits course.

explains how the 2018 earned income credit tables from publication 596 determine the credit amount using filing status, number of children, and income ranges, and guides tax planning with examples.

Explore how the earned income credit for head of household with one child rises, peaks, and declines with income, using tax software and pub. 596 tables.

Explore how the earned income credit for married filing jointly with 0–3 children changes as earned income rises, peaking near 6,431 before declining with the 24,000 standard deduction.

Explore earned income credit and child tax credit through tax software, comparing married versus divorced scenarios, two tax returns versus one, and head of household effects.

Explore how marriage, divorce, and uneven incomes affect the earned income credit and child tax credits using tax software scenarios.

Explore family and dependent tax credits through an accounting comic break. Discover how accounting humor explains tax credits in a concise, accessible format.

Explore the child tax credit and its two components, and discuss changes to the credit while seeing how they reduce liability or yield refunds through case scenarios.

Discover what’s new in the child tax credit and access a downloadable PDA file that supplements the instructional video for the Tax Credits - family & dependent tax credits course.

Discover the child tax credit basics, including a $2,000 per qualifying child credit and how modified AGI and income thresholds affect the credit.

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Learn how to claim the child tax credit and other dependent credit by filing form 10 40, providing each dependent’s TIN, and applying the additional child tax credit where eligible.

Explore the child tax credit and the additional child tax credit, and access a downloadable file to supplement the instructional video, enhancing understanding of family tax credits.

Explore how the additional child tax credit differs from the child tax credit and how to claim it using Schedule 8812 and Form 1040, including refunds beyond liability.

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Explore how the child tax credit and additional child tax credit are calculated in tax software, analyzing how income, dependents, and the 1400 cap on form 8812 affect refunds and liabilities.

Access a downloadable pdf file that serves as a supplement to the instructional video on the 470 child tax credit, helping you understand how to get help.

Explore IRS resources for child tax credit help, including free filing options, VITA and TCE programs, and interactive tools on irs.gov to get tailored tax answers.

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Download a downloadable file that accompanies the instructional video, providing a resource for the 485 child tax credit and adopted child in the family and dependent tax credits course.

Explore how adopted children qualify for the child tax credit under the same rules as natural born children, and learn the ITIN/ATIN identification steps when a SSN is unavailable.

Explain how the child tax credit is handled when divorced or separated parents file two returns and share a social security number, including custodial versus non-custodial rules and Form 8332.

Explore the child tax credit and the concept of a qualifying child of more than one person, with a downloadable PDA file to supplement the instructional video.

Understand how a qualifying child may be claimed by only one person among multiple claimants, and apply tiebreakers to determine eligibility for the child tax credit and related benefits.

Explore how child tax credits affect taxes when couples marry or divorce, using tax software to compare married filing jointly, two returns, and head of household or single scenarios.

Demonstrate how child tax credits change when married or divorced with uneven incomes, comparing one versus two returns using tax software and head of household outcomes.

Explore how accounting concepts apply to family and dependent tax credits. See a comic break that clarifies how these credits work.

Explore the other dependents credit, its 2018 introduction, and how to determine eligibility, calculate amounts, and report it on tax returns alongside the child tax credit.

Access a downloadable PDA file to supplement the instructional video on 508 qualifying person for credit for other dependents (ODC) under tax credits.

Identify who qualifies for the other dependent credit (ODC) by meeting conditions, including dependency status and U.S. citizenship; ODC is up to five hundred and not for CTC or AC/DC.

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Explain the citizen or resident test for dependents, including U.S. citizen, U.S. resident alien, or U.S. national, with adopted child and residence rules; address foreign students and related deductions.

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Explains not a qualifying child test for dependents, detailing how a person becomes a qualifying relative when not a qualifying child, including residency, gross income, and support criteria.

Assess the member of household or relationship test to determine qualifying relatives for dependents. Understand living arrangements, relatives who don’t have to live with you, and foster or adopted children.

Analyze the gross income test for dependents qualifying relative, detailing the $4,150 threshold, the gross income definition, and what counts as income, including scholarships and sheltered workshop exceptions.

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