Publication 5534-A — 2021 Advance Child Tax Credit Payments start July 15

Official source: IRS Forms, Instructions & Publications (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5534a.pdf), retrieved 2026-10-03. U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. § 105).

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• Eligible families can receive advance payments

of up to $300 per month for each child under age 6 and up to $250 per month for each child age 6 and above.

• Payments begin July 15 and will be sent

monthly through December 15 without any further action required.

• You can benefit from the credit even if you

don’t have earned income or don’t owe any income taxes.

• The credit includes children who turn age 17

in 2021.

• The tax credit is expanded to include ad­

vance payments for 2021 only.

You don’t need to take any action now if you’ve filed a 2020 tax return.

File your tax return as soon as possible. For people not required to file a tax return and who didn’t file in 2019 or 2020, visit the special IRS Non-filer Sign-up Tool for more details and quickly register. You may qualify for the Child Tax Credit and Economic Impact Payments.

Eligible taxpayers who don’t want to receive advance payment of the 2021 Child Tax Credit will

have the opportunity to unenroll from receiving the payments.

Publication 5534-A (6-2021) Catalog Number 38433P Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov