In order to be considered an independent you have to have made more than $10,000 in the 2019 year. Since your grandma filed you as a dependent in 2018 and you did not make any money in 2019 it doesn’t matter if you file as I depended or not. The irs does not see you as an independent. If you are still living under her roof, and you made no money you don’t qualify. Anybody who CAN be claimed on a tax return will not receive a stimulus check. I’d also be smart and not try to trick the irs into giving you that money because the stimulus is considered a tax break because next year when you file your taxes, if the irs finds out that you lied in the previous tax year to get the money, you’ll owe them back that money.
