Form 1040a - Child Tax Credit Worksheet Line 35

2016 Form 1040A—Lines 35 and 38

2016 Child Tax Credit Worksheet—Line 35 (Continued)

Keep for Your Records

Enter the amount from Form 1040A, line 30.

Part 2

Add the amounts from Form 1040A:

Line 31

Line 32

Line 33

Line 34

Enter the total.

Are the amounts on lines 7 and 8 the same?

STOP

Yes.

You can’t take this credit because there is no tax

to reduce. However, you may be able to take the

additional child tax credit. See the TIP below.

No. Subtract line 8 from line 7.

10.

Is the amount on line 6 more than the amount on line 9?

Yes. Enter the amount from line 9.

Also, you may be able to take the

This is your child tax

additional child tax credit. See the

credit.

TIP below.

Enter this amount on

Form 1040A, line 35.

No. Enter the amount from line 6.

You may be able to take the additional child tax credit

on Form 1040A, line 43, if you answered “Yes” on line 9

TIP

or line 10 above.

• First, complete your Form 1040A through lines 42a

and 42b.

• Then, use Schedule 8812 to gure any additional child tax

credit.

spouse (if filing jointly), and anyone you can or do claim as a

Line 38

dependent, check the box on this line and leave the entry space

blank.

Health Care: Individual Responsibility

You can check the box even if:

For each month of 2016, you must either:

A dependent child who was born or adopted during the

Have qualifying health care coverage for yourself, your

year was not covered by your insurance during the month of or

spouse (if filing jointly), and anyone you can or do claim as a

months before birth or adoption (but the child must have had

dependent (you are treated as having coverage for any month in

minimum essential coverage every month of 2016 following

which you have coverage for at least 1 day of the month),

the birth or adoption), or

Qualify for an exemption from the requirement to have

A spouse or dependent who died during the year was not

health care coverage, or

covered by your insurance during the month of death and

Make a shared responsibility payment with your return

months after death (but he or she must have had minimum es-

and enter the amount on this line.

sential coverage every month of 2016 he or she was alive).

If you had qualifying health care coverage (called minimum

essential coverage) for every month of 2016 for yourself, your

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Need more information or forms? Visit IRS.gov.

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