Rules for Claiming the Child Tax Credit To determine if you qualify for the Child Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit, you must qualify under all seven qualifying tests.
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Children must be under age 17 at the end of a tax year, meaning they must still be age 16 or younger on December 31.
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Qualifying children to be claimed must be related to you by either birth, marriage, an adoption, grandchild, or foster child situation. Qualifying children can also be descendants of your immediate family members, including nieces and nephews.
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A qualifying child cannot provide more than his or her half of their own financial support in a given tax year.
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Qualifying children must be claimable as dependent on your tax return.
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