Hi there, despite claiming our son (born in March 2020) as a dependent during that filing, he wasn't recognized. It was stated on our 2020 tax return that we only had one dependent instead of two (we have an older daughter as well). We think this was due to the misspelling of this name on his social security card which we've since fixed. We also missed out on stimulus checks that he would've qualified for during 2020. We tried contacting IRS and had no luck trying to fix this - we were never able to speak to anyone.
How / can we make note of this in our filing for 2021?
A) to make up any missed stimulus checks (we received one for him which in itself is strange, just to receive one...)
B) are we able to include in this year's filing that we had two dependents last year but only one was recognized?
OR:
How do you suggest we appeal our 2020 tax return?
Thank you!!
