GiseleD
Expert Alumni

After you file

If you otherwise qualify for the stimulus and the IRS approves your amended return, you will receive it. It will be a while, though. The IRS NORMALLY takes 16 weeks to process an amended return, but COVID-19 will definitely slow things down a lot more. 

 

If you don't receive the stimulus payment in 2020, you can always receive it as a credit on your 2020 return in 2021. The stimulus is actually an ADVANCE on a credit on your 2020 return. 

 

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