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Notice code 466

Notice code 466 (Default) — We changed the amount claimed as Child Tax Credit and/or Additional Child Tax Credit on page 2 of yo…

We changed the amount claimed as Child Tax Credit and/or Additional Child Tax Credit on page 2 of your tax return because there was an error on Schedule 8812, Child Tax Credit. The error was in the:  Computation of the credit on Schedule 8812 and/or  Transfer of that amount to page 2 of your Form 1040NR and/or  Schedule 8812 was missing or incomplete

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We changed the amount claimed as Child Tax Credit and/or Additional Child Tax Credit on page 2 of your tax return because there was an error on Schedule 8812, Child Tax Credit. The error was in the:  Computation of the credit on Schedule 8812 and/or  Transfer of that amount to page 2 of your Form 1040NR and/or  Schedule 8812 was missing or incomplete

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