Denied stimulus

[Curtishenry39]

I filed head of household. I was married, but I never lived with my wife. I'm now divorced. I' ve 100% all 12 months covered expenses for my children and a foster child. I only made 18000 in 2019. By rights I'm entitled to 2700 stimulus. I have a s.s. # was born in the u.s. they said I was disqualified because where it asks if someone else can claim you, or your spouse I marked someone else can claim my spouse. Because someone else can and did. How does this disqualify me and my children from a stimulus? What can I do to correct that part on my taxes? 

[JotikaT2]

It depends.

If someone claimed you as a dependent on their tax return, they would have used your Social Security number.  The IRS uses the Social Security number to keep track of taxpayers and therefore probably has you listed as being a dependent and therefore, not eligible for a stimulus payment.

Please see the following link for more details on the stimulus payments and eligibility.

Payment center answers

If you are entitled to a stimulus payment but do not receive it in 2020 because someone else erroneously claimed you on their tax return as a dependent, you will be given the opportunity in 2021 when completing your 2020 tax return to report the amount of the stimulus payment you did actually received.  If it is less than what you are entitled to, you will receive a credit on your 2020 tax return.

[Curtishenry39]

That was not even my question. Nobody claimed me. I answered someone else could claim my wife at the current time. Someone else ended up claiming my wife on 2019 taxes. Me and my wife were only together for three weeks in 2018. All I did was answer a question honestly on my taxes. With this being a head of household claim, turbotax system should of alerted me to not answer that question. Considering this is a federal document I thought I was obligated to answer the question. 

[DawnC]

Stimulus payments will be based on information from your most recent tax filings, either 2019, or 2018 if you haven't filed this season yet. But, the amount paid to you now will be reconciled on next year’s tax return based on your current 2020 situation.

If you do in fact qualify for the stimulus payment, you can claim it all when you file your 2020 tax return.   You may have been disqualified from receiving an advance but that does not mean you won't be able to collect it.