I worked a few months in 2019 and filed taxes for the months I worked. My partner claimed me as a dependent for the months remaining. Neither of us received a stimulus payment for my existence, although he received payments for himself and our children. It's as if I simply don't exist.
He was unable to apply for the Recovery Rebate Credit on my behalf in 2020, and I'm not receiving the option through TurboTax, either. The IRS site says for people who didn't receive payments to file in 2020, even if they wouldn't otherwise file. (I'm a stay-at-home mother who didn't work this year.) When I searched for the credit in TurboTax's help section, it says that it will ask me after checking my federal return, but it didn't.
So now what? Is there any way to claim the credit for me as a person? I really do exist! I seemed to have fallen through the cracks.
