My ex girlfriend claimed me as a dependent on her 2019 taxes unbeknownst to me.
Thing is, we split up in early February 2019, and I moved two hours away from where she was...
I didn’t find out that she claimed me until I tried to apply for the first stimulus but then was denied because someone had claimed me.
I messaged my ex and asked her if she had claimed me, to which she said that she did but it was an accident because she thought that even if I lived with her for only just one month out of the year, she could claim me for that whole year (I even have fb messages with her admitting this) and that she filled out an amendment (this was earlier this year supposedly, before the first stimulus)
Not only have I tried reapplying every month in hopes that the IRS straightened everything out via the non filers tool( and get an error every time) but when I called the IRS (a handful of times), no one there had a straight answer as to how the problem could be fixed so I could get my stimulus... (I even sent them multiple emails, to which I’ve gotten no reply)
Someone at the IRS said I should receive the stimulus with my 2020 taxes, someone else said that even though I was wrongfully claimed in 2019, the damage has been done and they could do nothing to help me.
(In 2017, I worked while she was in school. In 2018, I went to school after she graduated and then she started work. The last time I have filed taxes was in 2017. At that time, i never checked the box where I could be a dependent on someone else’s taxes.
In 2018, she was the only one who filed taxes, claiming me as a dependent because we lived together and I was in school full time while she worked.
In early 2019, around the beginning of February, I moved out and moved on my own. The whole year of 2019, I should not have been claimed.
I even have messages of her confirming that I moved out in early 2019 and that she made a mistake but filled out an amendment and mailed it in (even though I have not received anything from the IRS
Am I not eligible to receive my first or even second stimulus just because of the mistake my ex made?
How would I fix this in order to receive them?
If I’m able to get both checks when I file my 2020 taxes, why is there a requirement that I should not be claimed in 2019 instead of 2020?
