Taxpayers should not consider the instructions as authoritative law. It is not possible to include all requirements of the California Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC) in the instructions. We include information that is most useful to the greatest number of taxpayers in the limited space available.

The instructions provided with California tax forms are a summary of California tax law and are only intended to aid taxpayers in preparing their state income tax returns. 1001, Supplemental Guidelines to California Adjustments, the instructions for California Schedule CA (540), California Adjustments - Residents, or Schedule CA (540NR), California Adjustments - Nonresidents or Part-Year Residents, and the Business Entity tax booklets. Additional information can be found in FTB Pub. For more information, go to ftb.ca.gov and search for conformity. When California conforms to federal tax law changes, we do not always adopt all of the changes made at the federal level. However, there are continuing differences between California and federal law. In general, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, California law conforms to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) as of January 1, 2015. For more information, see Step 8, Qualifications for Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) in the instructions.

The credit amount phases out as earned income exceeds the 'threshold amount' of $25,000, and completely phases out at $30,000.

The maximum amount of credit allowable for a qualified taxpayer is $1,000. Young Child Tax Credit – For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, the refundable Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) is available to taxpayers who also qualify for the California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and who have at least one qualifying child who is younger than six years old as of the last day of the taxable year. References in these instructions are to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) as of January 1, 2015, and to the California Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC).

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