If your child turned 17 before Dec 31, 2020, they will not qualify for a stimulus payment. Your child must be under the age of 17 at the end of the tax year to qualify for the payment.
You will receive an additional Payment for each qualifying child you claimed on your tax return being used to calculate your Payment. Here's the criteria you should consider:
- Relationship to the individual who is eligible for the Payment: The child is the son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, grandchild, niece, or nephew).
- Child's age: The child was under age 17 at the end of the taxable year. The Recovery Credit is based on your 2020 tax return.
- Dependent of the individual who's eligible for the Payment: The child is claimed as a dependent on the 2018 or 2019 tax return or entered on the Non-Filers: Enter Payment Info Here tool.
- Child's citizenship: The child is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or U.S. resident alien.
- Child's Residency: Child must have lived with the individual eligible for the Payment for more than half the tax year.
- Support for Child: Child must not provide over half of own support for the tax year.
- Child's taxpayer identification number: The child has a valid work eligible Social Security number or an Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number (ATIN) that was issued before July 15, 2020.
Visit the Economic Impact Payment Center for more information.
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