@marudigi , having gone through all the above, let us make sure that we are all on the same page. As I understand the situation:
(a)For tax year 2020, you were a Resident for Tax purposes-- you have SSN, H-1B visa and therefore need to file your return on form 1040, preferably using TubroTax
(b) In 2019 you were under exempt status ( when did you enter the country ? 2015 pr ?? ) and filed your return using form 1040-NR --- SprinTax user
(c) TurboTax for 2020 is asking if you had received the Economic Impact Payments for 2020 and your answered NO and therefore TurboTax goes through a reconciliation process and adds the amounts to your refund --- Yes? You think you did not qualify for the EIP and suspect that TurboTax is in error. Yes ?
Without knowing the exact facts and circumstances, it seems to me that TurboTax is correct ( because the payment is based on your filing tax status in 2020 -- IRS just uses the data from 2019 as a matter of convenience )----- but first please answer my questions - when did you enter this country with F-1, when was the adjustment to H-1B made, was there an absence i.e. the end of F-1 and you wnet home and came back with H-1B or what, Whcih country are you from; should I assume that your husband is also a Non-Resident Alien for 2019 or ??
