Child Tax Credit

[BennyJedno]

Has anyone DEFINITIVELY determined if a divorced parent can take the child tax credit for a child for whom they do not take the exemption? The parent taking the exemption makes too much $ to claim the credit so the other parent (whom the child actually lives with) would like to take it while still giving the exemption to the other parent.

[Bonnie]

No they cannot take the child tax credit if they did not claim the child as a dependent. That credit only goes to the person claiming the exemption. The parent the child lives with gets the EIC but no child tax credit.

Bonnie