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Can my 19 year old full time college student claim himself this year to be eligible for the first two stimulus checks

 
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Hal_Al
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Can my 19 year old full time college student claim himself this year to be eligible for the first two stimulus checks

No.

 

Under the CARES Act, if you (the student) are claimed, or qualify to be claimed, as a dependent on someone else’s 2019 return you cannot receive a stimulus check, in 2020.   If you qualified as a dependent for 2019, but will not be for 2020, you will most likely get it in 2021, when you file a 2020 tax return.

 

Note that the requirement is not just whether you are actually claimed as a dependent, it's whether you qualify to be claimed as a dependent

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