Form 8812, Additional Child Tax Credit Page 2

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Form 8812 (1998)
Page
Instructions
Line 1
number. Books or records relating to
a form or its instructions must be
If you worked for a railroad, include
Purpose of Form
retained as long as their contents
the following taxes in the total on
may become material in the
Use Form 8812 to figure the
line 1 of Form 8812.
administration of any Internal
additional child tax credit. This
Tier 1 tax withheld from your pay.
Revenue law. Generally, tax returns
additional child tax credit may give
This tax should be shown in box 14
and return information are
you a refund even if you do not owe
of your W-2 form(s) and identified as
confidential, as required by Internal
any tax.
“Tier 1 tax.”
Revenue Code section 6103.
This credit is in addition to the
If you were an employee
The time needed to complete and
child and dependent care credit and
representative, 50% of the total Tier
file this form will vary depending on
the earned income credit that you
1 tax and Tier 1 Medicare tax you
individual circumstances. The
may be able to claim.
paid for 1998.
estimated average time is:
Who May Take the
Recordkeeping
7 min.
Additional Child Tax Credit?
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.
Learning about the
We ask for the information on this
You may be able to take the
law or the form
4 min.
form to carry out the Internal
additional child tax credit if both 1
Preparing the form
14 min.
Revenue laws of the United States.
and 2 below apply.
You are required to give us the
Copying, assembling,
1. The amount on line 1 of the
information. We need it to ensure
and sending the form
Child Tax Credit Worksheet on
that you are complying with these
to the IRS
20 min.
page 32 of the Form 1040
laws and to allow us to figure and
If you have comments concerning
instructions or page 33 of the Form
collect the right amount of tax.
the accuracy of these time
1040A instructions is more than
You are not required to provide
estimates or suggestions for making
$800.
the information requested on a form
this form simpler, we would be
2. The amount on line 7 of the
that is subject to the Paperwork
happy to hear from you. See the
Child Tax Credit Worksheet is more
Reduction Act unless the form
instructions for Form 1040 or Form
than the amount on line 11 of that
displays a valid OMB control
1040A.
worksheet.

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