I called the IRS. I did file and I did claim the recovery rebate credit. It was then removed and subtracted from my refund. I don’t have any children that turned 17 my oldest is 12 and 2 people at the IRS told me that any baby born in 2020 will not qualify. They both said in order to be eligible for the credit the child had to have been on my 2019 tax return. I told them their website says to claim the credit if a child was born in 2020. They said yes you can claim it but your child isn’t eligible unless they were listed on 2019 tax return! How does this make sense? They are just wrong. They don’t know the requirements for eligibility and they are denying anyone that had a child born in 2020 this money. But how can they not know if I know the requirements just by reading their websites.
