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OMB No. 1545-0074
Additional Child Tax Credit
1040
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2011
Form
1040A
1040NR
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Attachment
Department of the Treasury
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Complete and attach to Form 1040, Form 1040A, or Form 1040NR.
Sequence No.
Internal Revenue Service (99)
Name(s) shown on return
Your social security number
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Part I
All Filers
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1040 filers:
Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the
Instructions for Form 1040, line 51).
1040A filers:
Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the
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Instructions for Form 1040A, line 33).
1040NR filers: Enter the amount from line 6 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet (see the
Instructions for Form 1040NR, line 48).
If you used Pub. 972, enter the amount from line 8 of the Child Tax Credit Worksheet in the publication.
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Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 51, Form 1040A, line 33, or Form 1040NR, line 48 .
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Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero, stop; you cannot take this credit .
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Earned income (see instructions on back) .
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b Nontaxable combat pay (see instructions on
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Is the amount on line 4a more than $3,000?
No.
Leave line 5 blank and enter -0- on line 6.
Yes.
Subtract $3,000 from the amount on line 4a. Enter the result .
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Multiply the amount on line 5 by 15% (.15) and enter the result .
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Next. Do you have three or more qualifying children?
No.
If line 6 is zero, stop; you cannot take this credit. Otherwise, skip Part II and enter the smaller of
line 3 or line 6 on line 13.
Yes.
If line 6 is equal to or more than line 3, skip Part II and enter the amount from line 3 on line 13.
Otherwise, go to line 7.
Part II
Certain Filers Who Have Three or More Qualifying Children
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Withheld social security and Medicare taxes from Form(s) W-2, boxes 4 and 6.
If married filing jointly, include your spouse’s amounts with yours. If you
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worked for a railroad, see instructions on back .
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1040 filers:
Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040, lines
27 and 57, plus any taxes that you identified using code
“UT” and entered on line 60.
1040A filers:
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Enter -0-.
1040NR filers: Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040NR, lines
27 and 55, plus any taxes that you identified using code
“UT” and entered on line 59.
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Add lines 7 and 8 .
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Enter the total of the amounts from Form 1040, lines
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1040 filers:
64a and 69.
1040A filers:
Enter the total of the amount from Form 1040A, line
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38a, plus any excess social security and tier 1 RRTA
taxes withheld that you entered to the left of line 41
(see instructions on back).
1040NR filers: Enter the amount from Form 1040NR, line 65.
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Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0-
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Enter the larger of line 6 or line 11
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Next, enter the smaller of line 3 or line 12 on line 13.
Part III
Additional Child Tax Credit
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This is your additional child tax credit
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Enter this amount on
Form 1040, line 65,
1040
Form 1040A, line 39, or
1040A
Form 1040NR, line 63.
1040NR ◀
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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.
Form
(2011)
Cat. No. 10644E