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After you file
You are correct in that if the IRS had processed your amended return before you received your stimulus checks, you would have received whatever was due you based on that return. However, you cannot claim a credit for the difference.
The stimulus payments are calculated based on your 2020 tax return entries. The automatic payments were sent out based on what was on your 2019 tax return. If you ended up getting more stimulus than would be allowable on the 2020 return based on your 2019 return entries, you won't have to pay anything back. However, you cannot adjust your stimulus by amending a 2019 return now, whatever amendments that were reported but not processed by the time the automatic payments went out will not be considered after the automatic payments have gone out.
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