I filed my tax return in 2021 for 2020 before the stimulus tax change by Biden. My transcripts show it being changed but didn't receive the payment back. Do I amend?

[xmasbaby0]

You sound  confused.    Not sure what you did or what you filed.   The first stimulus checks were issued in 2020; the first one was for $1200 for adults and $500 for qualified children dependents under the age of 17.   The IRS was in a hurry to send out those checks so they sometimes used information from your 2019 return to send out the check.  Or sometimes they sent it after you filed your 2020 return.

The second stimulus was sent in late 2020 or early 2021; that one was $600 per adult and $600 for qualified children dependents under the age of 17.

The 3rd stimulus check was $1400 for adults and $1400 for any dependent you claimed, and was sent out in 2021.

If you did not receive the first or second stimulus check, you can get it by filing a 2020 return and use the recovery rebate credit in Federal Review.   The stimulus amount will show up on line 30 of the Form 1040.

If you did not receive the 3rd stimulus check, you can get it by filing a 2021 tax return and use the recovery rebate credit in Federal Review.    The stimulus amount will show up on line 30 of the Form 1040.

Check your own bank account for deposits of the stimulus checks, and check your online account with the IRS to see what the IRS shows they sent to you.

Try checking your online account with the IRS (and if you filed a joint return—check for BOTH of you)

https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account

If you need to trace a payment that the IRS says has been issued to you, mail or fax a completed IRS Form 3911, Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund.

[jpatterson1976-g]

Sorry for the confusion. When I filed my taxes in 2021 for 2020, Biden changed it to where you didn't have to claim the $1200 on the federal side. Since I filed before this took place I had claimed this as income. Looking at my transcripts for the 2021 filing, I see that the IRS had corrected this and said refund issues on 7/30/21. But I have not received a refund yet or it being direct deposited. Just looking to see if I need to file an amended return to get this issues resolved? Thanks for the help. 

[xmasbaby0]

Sorry---you are still confused.  Biden did not change anything.   The $1200 was never--never--never--taxable.  But if you received the $1200 you had to indicate on your 2020 tax return that you received it because you were not entitled to get it again.   If you said on your tax return that you did not get the $1200, that would have put it on line 30 again.  The IRS checked --and if you already received the $1200 they reduced your refund by the $1200 that you already got.

Again----check your online account to see what the IRS shows for stimulus checks you received.   If it shows that you got the $1200, that's it.  You do not get it a second time.