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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:
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:
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.
See also this TurboTax Help.
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.
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