My step son wanted my help with filing his 2020 taxes. One of the questions is the receiving of a stimulus payment in 2020.
Apparently my step son's father has claimed him in the past (including 2019) as a dependent. This I'm sure was done to maximize as much as can be gotten for the father. My step son is 22, away at school ( for 3+ years now) and does not get support from his father nor live with him more than some days at s time. So obviously some hanky-panky going on. Well, then the stimulus checks started coming and due the the filing status my step son did not get his. He obviously was upset so the father wrote him a check from his personal account to equal the stimulus amount.
My question for tax year 2020 is how to answer the stimulus question? Say no he did not get one (which is the truth, but then adds it to his return) or...say yes he did, which would not be accurate (and no disbursement will be found matching his name) and let it be?
He is not trying to get more back but does want this year to be accurate moving forward.
Thank you for your help
