DawnC
Employee Tax Expert

After you file

If you had a child in 2020, you need to claim the recovery rebate on your 2020 in order to get the payment.   The IRS would not have known about your newborn when the payments went out.  The credits are based on your 2020 tax situation.   If you correctly entered the amount of your stimulus payments when you filed your return,  TurboTax would have added the recovery rebate to your tax return and you would see the amount for the baby on Line 30 of your Form 1040.   

 

If you would like to review and update the Recovery Rebate Credit portion of your 2020 tax return before it is sent to the IRS when they open on February 12th, please enter your information here by February 6 to register to have your 2020 tax return sent back to you.   You will then receive an email from TurboTax on February 8, letting you know that your return is available and providing you with detailed instructions on how to review, update and re-file your tax return.

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