DawnC
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

The stimulus payment is a credit for the 2020 tax year.   You won't be able to e-file if you claim them on your 2019 tax return since they already used the non-filers app.   They basically filed a tax return when they did that.   You can claim them and print and mail your 2019 return however and claim them both.  It will just take longer to process.    

 

Next year, if you claim them, they may have to pay back the stimulus payment or you can not claim them and they file their own returns since they already collected the stimulus payment.  

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