Donovan,<br>I think what you are referring to is the dependent exemption. The child tax credit is different from the exemption and other deductions that may be obtained because of a child living in your household. I feel fairly confident in guessing that Saundra filed form 1040 which would require form 8901 for the child tax credit. She was probably still able to claim her daughter as a dependent and subsequently as an exemption. If she chose to itemize, she would also be able to claim certain expenses (health, etc.) for her child. Hope that helps. -Tom<br><br><b><i>Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div>Saundra,</div> <div> </div> <div>I believe that you can keep your children on your tax returns until 21 or 23 if they are still in school. I would ask your tax people on that one. If not, they changed the law
recently.</div> <div> </div> <div>Best Regards,</div> <div> </div> <div>Donovan<br><br><b><i>Saundra Lund <sslund_2007@verizon.net></i></b> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">I will be using mine to partially reimburse myself for the increased taxes I<br>had to pay on income that was income on paper only :-( Oh, and for those<br>who don't know, parents lose the child credit the tax year in which their<br>child turns 17, not 18, which was another unpleasant surprise.<br><br>And, once I partially reimburse myself, I'll be able to get the new glasses<br>I'd budgeted for before the feds and state raped me. Depressingly, I've<br>reached the age where I'm going to need progressive lenses -- I'd hoped to<br>be able to hold out until I hit 50, but that didn't happen. <SIGH><br><br>I'd not have a single complaint about having to hand over more money on<br>paper income it
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