My son was born in 2020. Still waiting for his SSN. If we amend taxes later, will we receive the stimulus recovery credit and the child tax credit for him when we amend?

[natalie_kristina]

We still don't have his SSN. Will we get both credits if we amend later in 2021?

[JamesG1]

If your son was born in 2020 and he meets all the requirements as a qualifying child, your tax return should qualify for the Recovery Rebate Credit and the Child Tax Credit.

The tests for a qualifying child are:

• Relationship: Must be your child, adopted child, foster child, brother or sister, or a descendant of one of these (grand or nephew).
• Residence: Must have the same residence for more than half the year.
• Age: Must be under age 19 or under 24 and a full-time student for at least 5 months. They can be any age if they are totally and permanently disabled.
• Support: Must not have provided more than half of their own support during the year.
• Joint Support: The child cannot file a joint return for the year.

To compute the Rebate Recovery Credit, the TurboTax software adds together the entries that you made for receiving stimulus check 1 and stimulus check 2.

Then the software computes the amount of your stimulus check amounts based upon the information that has been entered into the tax software. 

If you are due an additional amount, it will be issued as a Rebate Recovery Credit (RRC) on line 30 of the 2020 1040 tax return.

If you believe that you are due a Rebate Recovery Credit (RRC) on line 30 of the 2020 1040 tax return, then you should:

• Check the amounts entered for stimulus check 1 and stimulus check 2, and
• Make sure that you have correctly entered your dependent information.

If there is a difference, it is in one or both of these situations.

In TurboTax Online, you are prompted to input stimulus check 1 and stimulus check 2 information under Review down the left hand side of the screen.

You can also access your stimulus check choices by following these steps:

 Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal.

• Across the top of the screen, click on Other Tax Situations.
• At the screen Let’s keep going to wrap up.  Click on Let’s keep going.
• At the screen Let’s make sure you got the right stimulus amount, click Continue.
• At the screen Did you get a stimulus payment? you can update your stimulus check entries.

 See also this TurboTax Help.

[Critter-3]

Do NOT NOT NOT file the return until you get the SS# ... if you do then you will loose the CTC and the stimulus payments when you amend the return.   WAIT WAIT WAIT  for the number to be issued.