So I am not sure if this is simply typical government incompetence or what, but not only did I receive $100 less than the amount that should have been according to the IRS calculations (a 2 year old and a kid turning 5 in a month, so no-one turning six before the end of the year), but although my tac refund was direct deposited, I got a paper check in the mail today with my first child tax credit payment (and I even went online to double check with the IRS tool that they had my DD info). Weird. Did anyone see/hear any ideas for getting them to correct the amount or will it be automatically adjusted with next years tax return? Not the end of the world, although as someone pointed out above, it seems money will be worth considerably less next year at this rate so the earlier you can get it the better......