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On the dependent's return........
If you got your own Stimulus payment based on 2020 or 2019 when you filed as independent but you are now a dependent for 2021. Dependents won't get asked if they got the Stimulus payment. They don't qualify for any of the Recovery Rebate Credit and don't need to say they got it. And don't need to pay it back.
Then the person who is claiming you this year can get it again for you (if they qualify and their income isn't too high). They do not have to report the payment you got.
The 3rd Stimulus payment is really based on 2021. The IRS just sent the checks out using 2020 to get them out fast.
For the person claiming them this year.......
If you are claiming them this year then you do get it now. It is really based on 2021. And they don't have to pay theirs back. The IRS just used 2020 returns to send the checks out fast.
See Question 15 here
2021 Recovery Rebate Credit — Topic E: Calculating the 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit | Internal Revenu...
