Amending your 2019 return will not get stimulus money for you now. The stimulus money paid last year was an advance on a credit you can get on your 2020 tax return. If you cannot claim the child on your 2020 tax return you will not get stimulus money for him now. The IRS will not go backwards now to use your 2019 return.
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