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IRS Form 8379, Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation is available.

Has your tax return has been transmitted and accepted by the IRS?  Or are you still preparing your tax return?  Please clarify.

In TurboTax Online, you are prompted to input the third stimulus check information under Review down the left hand side of the screen.  You can also access your stimulus check choices by following these steps: 

• Down the left side of the screen, click on Federal.
• Across the top of the screen, click on Other Tax Situations.
• At the screen We're almost there… or the screen That's all we need…,  click on Let’s keep going.
• At the screen Let’s double-check the amount you received, answer the questions and click Continue. 

In TurboTax Desktop, follow these steps:

• Go to Federal Taxes / Other Tax Situations.
• Scroll down to Done with Other.
• At the screen Let’s double-check the amount you received, answer the questions and click Continue.  

If you have not received the third stimulus check, you will receive your payment in the form of a Recovery Rebate Credit on line 30 of your 2021 Federal tax return when you file.

TurboTax will compare your stimulus payment amount to the computations within TurboTax.  The computations within TurboTax are based upon the information that you have entered into the tax software.  If you are due an additional amount, it will be issued as a Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) on line 30 of the 2021 1040 tax return.

If you have e-filed your 2021 Federal tax return and the tax return is accepted by the IRS, you will have to amend your 2021 Federal tax return and correct the entries and calculations to receive the Recovery Rebate Credit.

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View the computation of the Child Tax Credit on line 12 of Federal Schedule 8812.  You are able to view the entire 2021 1040 Federal tax return at Tax Tools / Print Center.

If the software did not compute the correct credit amount, review the dependents at My Info.  Dependents need to be qualifying dependents to qualify for the Child Tax Credit.

Tests to be a Qualifying Child  

1. The child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, foster child, brother, sister, half- brother, half- sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them.
2. The child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), (b) under age 24 at the end of the year, a student, and younger than you (or your spouse if filing jointly), or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled.
3. The child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. 
4. The child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.
5. The child must not be filing a joint return for the year (unless that joint return is filed only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).  

You enter the Advance Child Tax Credit payment amounts at the screen Tell us about any Advance Child Tax Credits.  Make sure that you enter the correct amount received.  Line 28 of the Federal 1040 reports the refundable amount after netting the advance payments from the Child Tax Credit amount.

See also this TurboTax Help.

Perhaps you have electronically filed your 2021 Federal tax return and the IRS has accepted the tax return?

If the IRS has reduced your refund, they will be sending you a communication explaining why they reduced the amount of your refund.

Once you know the nature of the problem, you may be able to correct the problem by amending your 2021 Federal tax return.  .

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