i have already paid my 2019 taxes. due to the sale of my rental, my amount on line 7a is $187, 742. normally it would be $45,000. the irs says they do not have my info for a direct deposit on the stimulus check, so i went to fill it out. since they are going by last year's return , ( the same year i sold the house in), my stimulus check will be around $500 for both us (married, filing jointly.) the amount show on line 23 ($10,711) does not match the amount of tax that i owed, line 16 ($13,645), since i had $ 3,000 withheld for withholding from my pension & social security. the irs is closed now. i guess i am asking if there is any way they will consider a typical year of income, instead of the one year I will ever sell a house in? if i had not paid my taxes early this year, they would have went by last 2018's return, which was typical. 2020 will be typical, also.
