@jL7robinson Once the IRS processes your 2020 return, they will add you to the list for the 3rd stimulus and your missing stimulus payment, the second, would be part of your 2020 return as the rebate recovery credit.
You would not be mailing a 2019 form 1040 and an amended. Maybe you are just amending your 2019 for child credit. The 2019 returns are running about a year behind right now in getting refunds. The IRS is hiring more people so that will improve.
If you e-filed your 2020 return, you will be getting that refund much sooner.
The IRS is having a hard time this year. Each return must be cross checked for the normal and now with the new laws:
- stimulus- is it correct, pay missing amounts, do they need to be added for the new stimulus
- unemployment - is it on there, was it filed with the $10,200 subtraction, does it need to be adjusted
- premium tax credit - is it on there, is there an amount due, adjust the return
- EIC - is it on, were they banned, is there a record of release to claim?
- Child credit -anybody else claim, how old are kids, what is allowed
- and so on for still more, it is a long process this year to check each return for so many things.
The IRS is also processing returns mailed in last year and handling the current stimulus. They have scheduled this summer to adjust unemployment on returns.
The more items on your return, the more complicated the processing. Some people are getting their refund in two parts.
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