Check out this guidance from the IRS which addresses this situation when the child is claimed by parents in alternating years: Economic Impact Payment Information Center — Topic J: Reconciling on Your 2020 Tax Return. If you had received it, you could have kept it based on this guidance.
Unless she is included in your return, the system may not recognize your eligibility for her portion of the first stimulus. To return to this area, follow these steps:
- Go to the search box and enter stimulus. Click the Jump to link.
- Answer Yes.
- At the next screen, Let's double-check the amount you received, answer No to edit the first-round and second-round amounts.
- If no stimulus amount was received, enter 0. An amount should be entered in each box. When finished, click Continue.
