The CTC in Minnesota is a refundable tax credit, which is given to parents to help with the cost of raising children. It is received by thousands of individuals every year; eligible parents can get a refund of up to $1,750 for each child.
Half of this amount for a tax year is received as advance payment in three installments, and the remaining half is received with the state return. The three advanced payments are received in August, October, and December.
The Department of Revenue, Minnesota, has announced the date for the advance payment of the CTC for December 2025. Read this article to check when you will get it, how much you will receive, and much more.
When will the payout come?
Minnesota’s DOR releases the advance CTC payment via direct deposit and paper check. For the tax year 2025, the first two payments are already received by thousands of families, and the last one is going to be received in December 2025.
The direct deposit was released on the 1st of the month; if you get this payment in your bank account, you will surely have received your payout. The paper check is all set to be sent out on the 15th of the month to the recipient.
If you have opted to get the Minnesota advanced child tax credit payment via paper check, you will surely get it in the mailbox within a week after its release. In case of workload, you may face a delay of a week in getting it in your mailbox.
How much will be received?
The Minnesota advance child tax credit payment for December 2025 is going to be the same as the previous payout. If you are entitled to get the credit of $1,750 for each qualifying child, you are going to get $292 for each child.
If you have more than one child, the advance payment of CTC you are going to get depends on the number of qualifying children. Suppose you have four qualified children; for each you are entitled to get a maximum benefit of $1,168.
What if your payment isn’t received on time?
Once the direct deposit for the Minnesota advance CTC is sent out, it is received within a few hours, and a paper check takes a minimum of three days to be received. If you don’t get your payment on time, you need to worry.
Note that the direct deposit may be delayed up to 72 hours because of a technical error, and the paper check arrival may be delayed by 10 days in case of workload. Any other error may delay payment unexpectedly.
If your payment isn’t received by you by the due time, you need to firstly know the reason why it is delayed. To know the reason, get in touch with the Department of Revenue. If there is any problem from their side, they will fix it shortly.
How to check the Minnesota Advance CTC payment?
In order to check the Minnesota advance CTC payment, go through the step-by-step instructions available below.
- Go to the official website of the DoR, Minnesota, at https://revenue.state.mn.us/.
- Type ‘CTC’ in the search for it, and then click the option that reads ‘Child Tax Credit.’
- Now, you have to tap on the ‘Advance Payments of the Child Tax Credit’ option to go to the next page.
- Tap on the ‘e-Services login page’ and log in with your username and password.
- After the successful login, you will have checked the status of the Minnesota Advance CTC payment.
The guide given above will show you the history of all the previous advanced CTC payments and the upcoming ones.
Disclaimer: Minnesota CTC details for December 2025 may change. Final payment rules and eligibility are determined by Minnesota’s Department of Revenue.