Important changes to the Child Tax Credit will help many families get advance payments of the credit starting this summer. The IRS will pay up to half the total credit amount in advance monthly payments beginning July 15. You will claim the other half when you file your 2021 income tax return.

But does the IRS have your information on file to determine if you qualify and should be sent these advanced payments? If not, see if you should use the Child Tax Credit Non-filer Sign-up Tool today.

After giving the IRS your information and the IRS determines you’re eligible, you do not need to do anything to receive the advance payments.

Who should use the Child Tax Credit Non-filer Sign-up Tool?

Use this tool to report your qualifying children born before 2021, if you:

• Are not required to file a 2020 tax return, didn’t file one and don’t plan to; and
• Have a main home in the United States for more than half of the year.

Also, if you did not get the full amounts of the first and second Economic Impact Payment, you may use this tool if you:

• Are not required to file a 2020 tax return, didn’t file and don’t plan to, and
• Want to claim the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit and get your third Economic Impact Payment.

Do not use this tool if you:

• Filed or plan to file a 2020 tax return; or
• Claimed all your dependents on a 2019 tax return, including by reporting their information in 2020 using the Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here tool; or
• Were married at the end of 2020 unless you use the tool with your spouse and include your spouse’s information; or
• Are a resident of a U.S. territory; or
• Do not have a main home in the United States for more than half the year and, if you are married, your spouse does not have a main home in the United States for more than half the year; or
• Do not have a qualifying child who was born before 2021 and had a Social Security number issued before May 17, 2021.

More information

For more information visit Advance Child Tax Credit Payments in 2021 or TAS’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Tax Relief page (Other Individual COVID-19 Related Credits and Deductions section).

Additional resources:

TAS

•  TAS Advance Child Tax Credit Payment Get Help page 
• TAS Tax Tips: Free help for families to get Advance Child Tax Credit Payments and Economic Impact Payments
• TAS Tax Tips: First round of Advance Child Tax Credit letters go to potentially eligible taxpayers: payments start July 15
• TAS Tax Tips: Beware of scammers offering help with getting advanced child tax credit payments

IRS

• Advance Child Tax Credit Payments in 2021 | Spanish │ Chinese-Simplified │ Chinese-Traditional │ Korean | Russian │ Vietnamese | Haitian Creole
• Questions and Answers About the Advance Child Tax Credit Payments |Spanish
• 2021 Child Tax Credit and Advance Child Tax Credit Payments: Resources and Guidance |Spanish
• Check if you may be eligible for the advance child tax credit payments |Spanish
• Child Tax Credit Update Portal
• Child Tax Credit Non-filer Sign-up Tool | Spanish