I just spent 3 hours on the phone with the IRS. If you were dependant in 2018 and independent in 2019 then they went with whatever they had on file as of April 1. If you had not filed your updated 2019 by April 1 then you are $hit out of luck and considered ineligible even if you submitted a valid 2019 tax return days later like I did on April 13. They have no plans to change this at this time. I asked if I had filed a month earlier if it would have affected anything and they refused to comment.... any advice?
