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Form 8812 Additional Child Tax Credit 2005. Summary: This is an example of Form 8812 completed per the information in the text with these line items completed:

Name(s) shown on return field contains Amy Brown
Your social security number field contains 012-00-5678
Under Part I: All Filers:
1. Enter the amount from line 1 of your Child Tax Credit Worksheet on page xx of the Form 1040 instructions or page xx of the Form 1040A instructions. If you used Pub. 972, enter the amount from line 8 of the worksheet on page 4 of the publication field contains 2,000
2. Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 52, or Form 1040A, line 33 field contains 1,109
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero, stop; you cannot take this credit field contains 891
4. Enter your total taxable earned income. See the instructions on back field contains 30,350
5. Is the amount on line 4 more than $11,000? Yes. Subtract $11,000 from the amount on line 4. Enter the result checkbox is checked and field contains 19,350
6. Multiply the amount on line 5 by 15% (.15) and enter the result field contains 2,903
Next. Do you have three or more qualifying children? No. If line 6 is zero, stop; you cannot take this credit. Otherwise, skip Part II and enter the smaller of line 3 or line 6 on line 13 checkbox is checked
Under Part III Your Additional Child Tax Credit:
13. This is your additional child tax credit. Enter this amount on Form 1040, line 68, or Form 1040A, line 42. field contains 891