Want information about the 2021 Child Tax Credit & advance payment option? Check out the new Taxpayer Advocate Service 2021 Child Tax Credit & Advance Payment Option Get Help page.

Advanced Child Tax Credit

We offer information for taxpayers, and tax practitioners, to help you understand what the credit is and how it works. In addition, if you are eligible to receive the Advanced Child Tax Credit payments, we have information on what steps, if any, are needed to register to receive advanced payments or what steps are needed to unenroll. We hope this will help you better navigate the IRS’s online tools and take any actions you may need to.

Information about the Advance Child Tax Credit Payments continues to come out quickly, so along with TAS’s new Get Help page we suggest you also check out IRS.gov Advance Child Tax Credit Payments in 2021 for official guidance and updated tools.