Taxpayers who receive more money than they are eligible for will report the excess amount on their 2021 tax return as additional income tax, reducing their tax refund or increasing how much they owe the IRS. If taxpayers owe, the IRS has said it can work out an installment payment plan with them. It is alsoÂ
waiving repayment obligations inÂ
some cases.
The agency will send taxpayers a form in January 2022 detailing how much was disbursed to them during 2021.
To avoid repaying the credit, taxpayers can update their personal information â?? including changes in the number of qualifying children you have, income and filing status â?? with the IRS through the agencyâ??sÂ
Child Tax Credit Update Portal. Taxpayers can make changes throughout the rest of 2021.
Parents can also opt out all together using the portal. For those who are married and filing jointly, both spouses must unenroll. Below is the schedule of the last day to unenroll each month.