Is child benifit and tax credit the same?

Can anyone clarify child tax credit ?

• For ITIN parents and kids have SSNs. They are all under 17 years old. Qualifying Child A qualifying child for purposes of the child tax credit is a child who: Is your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, your grandchild, niece, or nephew), Was under age 17 at the end of 2011, Did not provide over half of his or her own support for 2011, Lived with you for more than half of 2011 (see Exceptions to time lived with you below), Is claimed as a dependent on your return, Does not file a joint return for the year (or files it only as a claim for refund), and Was a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or a U.S. resident alien. For more information, see Publication 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens. If the child was adopted, see Adopted child below. For each qualifying child, you must either check the box on Form 1040 or Form 1040A, line 6c, column (4); or Form 1040NR, line 7c, column (4). Example. Your 10-year-old nephew lives in Mexico and qualifies as your dependent. Because he is not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident alien, he is not a qualifying child for the child tax credit. ON IRS WEBSITE QUOTE Child Tax Credit Question: Can I claim the child tax credit for a child who has an ITIN, rather than a social security number? Answer: Yes, you can claim the child tax credit for a child with an ITIN (individual tax identification number) if you otherwise qualify. --------------------------------------… The question is I did in taxwise the parents made $20,000 with 4 kids under 17 and SSNs but they nothing from child or addtional child tax credit? I read somewhere ITIN parents can take child credit?

• Answer:

  Go to americanprogress.org click on issues and then look under arricles and click immigrants and childtax credit this explains it all why . its new info from jan25,hope this helps