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What is the Form 8862?

Form 8862, Information To Claim Certain Credits After Disallowance, is filed by taxpayers whose Earned Income Credit, Child Tax Credit, Credit for Other Dependents, American Opportunity Credit, or Additional Child Tax Credit was previously reduced or denied by the IRS and who now want to claim it again.

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Who needs to file Form 8862?

You attach Form 8862 to your tax return if one of these credits (EIC, CTC, ODC, ACTC, or AOTC) was reduced or disallowed for a prior year for a reason other than a math or clerical error, and you now meet the requirements to claim it again. You generally do not file it if you are claiming the credit for the first time.

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