Schedule 8812 figures your child tax credit, credit for other dependents and additional child tax credit. You attach it to your tax return. Lower fit: only your name and social security number repeat, and every count and amount is new each year. RepeatForm still carries those across: upload an earlier Schedule 8812 and the current blank, then review.
Tested with the irs.gov edition dated Schedule 8812 (Form 1040) 2025
Plainly: this is a lower-fit form for reuse. Schedule 8812 has one name line and one social security number. The rest is a worksheet of counts, Yes/No answers and amounts that you work out again each tax year, and RepeatForm never does that for you. So the benefit is small: your name and number carried across, and a Review step that shows you everything else that needs to be entered by hand. If you only want the name line done, that may be all you need.
irs.gov says "Use Schedule 8812 (Form 1040) to figure your child tax credit (CTC), credit for other dependents (ODC), and additional child tax credit (ACTC)." The form says "Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR." RepeatForm does not decide which credits you can take.
The schedule does not list your children or dependents. The instructions point to the Dependents section of your return, "row (7) of the Dependents section on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR (row (6) on Form 1040-NR)," where you mark each child or dependent for the credit you are claiming. The schedule then asks for the numbers: line 4 is "Number of qualifying children under age 17 with the required social security number." RepeatForm gives no advice on who qualifies.
Part I is "Child Tax Credit and Credit for Other Dependents." Part II-A is "Additional Child Tax Credit for All Filers." Part II-B is "Certain Filers Who Have Three or More Qualifying Children and Bona Fide Residents of Puerto Rico." Part II-C is "Additional Child Tax Credit." The form tells you where to stop: line 12 says "No. Stop here. You cannot take the child tax credit, credit for other dependents, or additional child tax credit."
The form says "Complete your Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR through line 27a (or Form 1040-NR through line 26) (also complete Schedule 3 (Form 1040), line 11) before completing Part II-A." Line 1 asks you to "Enter the amount from line 11a of your Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR," so the schedule depends on your return. Line 2c asks for "the amount from line 15 of your Form 4563."
The "What's New" list in the instructions includes "Social security number (SSN) required to claim the child tax credit (CTC) and additional child tax credit (ACTC)." The About page also lists "Update to the 2025 Instructions for Schedule 8812 (Form 1040)" under Recent developments, dated 10-FEB-2026. Read both on irs.gov.
Upload a Schedule 8812 you completed and the current blank; RepeatForm carries the matching answers across; you review them, then preview the PDF before you export. Use your earlier copy as the source, then change what differs.
The IRS publishes a new Schedule 8812 each tax year, and the amounts printed on it change. Carrying an earlier copy into the new one works for the name and number, but some fields are renamed or moved and match only partly, so check every line on the new form in Review before you export.
The PDF checked for this page is "Schedule 8812 (Form 1040) 2025". The About Schedule 8812 page on irs.gov links the current form and its instructions. RepeatForm does not supply the blank form: get it from irs.gov.
Schedule 8812 is attached to a return. The main return has its own page: Form 1040.
If your return is Form 1040-SR, see Form 1040-SR.
Line 2c of the schedule refers to Form 4563, which has its own page: Form 4563.
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irs.gov says "Use Schedule 8812 (Form 1040) to figure your child tax credit (CTC), credit for other dependents (ODC), and additional child tax credit (ACTC)." RepeatForm helps you reuse your name and number; it does not decide which credits you can take.
Line 18a of the schedule asks for "Earned income (see instructions)." The instructions say "otherwise, all other taxpayers can use the Earned Income Chart, later, to figure the amount to enter on line 18a," and use the Earned Income Worksheet if you have net earnings from self-employment and use either optional method. RepeatForm does not work out earned income; use the chart or worksheet in the instructions.
The instructions point to "row (7) of the Dependents section on page 1 of Form 1040 or 1040-SR (row (6) on Form 1040-NR)," where you mark each child or dependent for the credit you are claiming. The dependents are entered on the return, not on Schedule 8812.
The schedule says "If the amount on line 12 is more than the amount on line 14, you may be able to take the additional child tax credit." The instructions also list "Social security number (SSN) required to claim the child tax credit (CTC) and additional child tax credit (ACTC)" under What's New. RepeatForm gives no tax advice; read Part II of the instructions.
