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Advance Child Tax Credit recipients
and recipients of the third round of
Economic Impact Payments; taxpayers
should hold onto letters to help the
2022 Filing Season experience
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IR-2021-255, December 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it will issue information letters to
Advance Child Tax Credit recipients starting in December and to recipients of the third round of the
Economic Impact Payments at the end of January. Using this information when preparing a tax return can
reduce errors and delays in processing.
The IRS urged people receiving these letters to make sure they hold onto them to assist them in preparing
their 2021 federal tax returns in 2022.
Watch for advance Child Tax Credit letter
To help taxpayers reconcile and receive all of the Child Tax Credits to which they are entitled, the IRS will
send Letter 6419, 2021 advance CTC, starting late December 2021 and continuing into January. The letter
will include the total amount of advance Child Tax Credit payments taxpayers received in 2021 and the
number of qualifying children used to calculate the advance payments. People should keep this and any
other IRS letters about advance Child Tax Credit payments with their tax records.
Families who received advance payments will need to file a 2021 tax return and compare the advance
Child Tax Credit payments they received in 2021 with the amount of the Child Tax Credit they can properly
claim on their 2021 tax return.
The letter contains important information that can make preparing their tax returns easier. People who
received the advance CTC payments can also check the amount of their payments by using the CTC
Update Portal available on IRS.gov.
Eligible families who did not receive any advance Child Tax Credit payments can claim the full amount of
the Child Tax Credit on their 2021 federal tax return, filed in 2022. This includes families who don't normally
need to file a tax return.
Economic Impact Payment letter can help with the Recovery
Rebate Credit
The IRS will begin issuing Letter 6475, Your Third Economic Impact Payment, to EIP recipients in late
January. This letter will help Economic Impact Payment recipients determine if they are entitled to and
should claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their tax year 2021 tax returns that they file in 2022.
IRS issues information letters to Advance Child Tax Credit recipients and recipients of the third round of Economic Impact Payments; taxpayers should hold onto let...
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Letter 6475 only applies to the third round of Economic Impact Payments that was issued starting in March
2021 and continued through December 2021. The third round of Economic Impact Payments, including the
"plus-up" payments, were advance payments of the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit that would be claimed
on a 2021 tax return. Plus-up payments were additional payments the IRS sent to people who received a
third Economic Impact Payment based on a 2019 tax return or information received from SSA, RRB or VA;
or to people who may be eligible for a larger amount based on their 2020 tax return.
Most eligible people already received the payments. However, people who are missing stimulus payments
should review the information to determine their eligibility and whether they need to claim a Recovery
Rebate Credit for tax year 2020 or 2021.
Like the advance CTC letter, the Economic Impact Payment letters include important information that can
help people quickly and accurately file their tax return.
More information about the advance Child Tax Credit, Economic Impact Payments and other COVID-19-
related tax relief may be found at IRS.gov.
As the 2022 tax filing season approaches, the IRS urges people to make sure to file an accurate tax return
and use electronic filing with direct deposit to avoid delays.
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