Amending my return

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January 8, 2021
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On my 2019 tax return, I mistakenly stated that somone could claim me as a dependent (next to the line "Standard Deduction", I checked the box that says "someone can claim you as a dependent"). Nobody actually claimed me as a dependent last year. Is there any way I can change this without going through the whole process of amending my return? Literally the only thing I want to do is uncheck this box. Nothing else would be changing. I'm concerned because I think this might have something to do with the fact that I never received any coronavirus stimulus payments despite being apparently fully qualified to receive them.

Irene2805

Level 15

You are correct that you would not qualify for the stimulus payment if you were claimed as a dependent of someone else. However, to make the change you would have to amend your 2019 return.

Please see the instructions contained in these TurboTax articles to amend your return:

mkryshallAuthor

Level 2

But the thing is that I was never actually claimed as a dependent last year, so I should still qualify for the stimulus payments. Checking that box on my own tax return doesn't change the fact that I wasn't claimed by anybody as a dependent. Isn't there any way to verify this and get my payments without amending my own return?

BillM223

Level 15

TurboTax has no way to know if you were claimed as a dependent on another return, except to ask you this question. So you need to amend your return, to correct the erroneous information.

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