I also had a child in February 2020 and after 4 hours on the phone was told over and over that a child only qualifies for the recovery rebate credit if they were listed as a dependent on my 2019 tax information. I argued with her I referenced the information directly off of the IRS website that states the EIP was an advanced payment based on 2019 and it states for the first and second payments a child born in 2020 will qualify for the recovery rebate credit. She said no the law says they have to qualify in 2019. I referenced her to the page that states eligibility for the recovery rebate credit has the same criteria as the EIP’s but is based on your 2020 tax return information. It also says if you have a child that was born adopted or fostered in 2020 they will qualify for the recovery rebate credit. I asked if I could speak to someone else and she said there is no one else to speak to and told me over and over again that any baby born in 2020 is not eligible for the recovery rebate credit. Eventually she hung up on me. I called back and spent another 2 hours talking to someone else that transferred me to someone who agreed with me but wasn’t the person to help me to transfer me to someone that can and then I got hung up on again. So it seems to me that the ones working for IRS are not understanding the difference between EIP and RRC and that they have the same laws but are just based off of different tax years. There has to be a way for us to get these payments. My child was born before the pandemic started here. Early February. I had daycare lined up and my return date to work and all of that was cancelled. My family took a huge hit and we were counting on this extra money. I’m going to continue to call them until I get someone who actually knows what’s going on.
