Deductions & credits

The stimulus is based on your 2020 eligibility now.   It has nothing to do with your 2019 tax return at this point.   

Make sure your child has been entered correctly as a dependent in My Info.   Go through the screens again and make sure you said he lived with you all year.   Check his SSN and make sure it is there.   When it asks that weird question about whether he paid for over half his own support say NO to that.  

If your child has been correctly entered as a dependent, then you should be getting the stimulus amounts for him as long as you meet the other eligibility requirements.   And again.....you are not supposed to be entering the amount you did NOT receive for him----that is not what it is asking for.   You are only supposed to enter the money you received in 2020 or early 2021.   There is not a special space to enter what you received for a child.   It asks for the amount received for stimulus #1 and then for Stimulus #2-------so if you and your spouse received $2400 for round #1, that is what you enter.   if you received less than $2400 then enter the amount you received.   For stimulus #2,which was for $600 per person----enter only what you received.  (Was it $600 per person---did you get $1200?)

Eligibility for the 1st and 2nd stimulus checks---From the IRS:

A1. Generally, if you are a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, you will receive an Economic Impact Payment of $1,200  ($2,400  for a joint return) if you (and your spouse if filing a joint return)  are not a dependent of another taxpayer and have a Social Security number valid for employment and your adjusted gross income (AGI) does not exceed:

• $150,000  if married and filing a joint return
• $112,500 if filing as  head of household or
• $75,000  for eligible individuals using any other filing status
  Your payment will be reduced by 5% of  the amount by which your AGI exceeds the applicable threshold above.

You are not eligible for a payment if any of the following apply to you:

• You may be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer’s return (for example, a child or student who may be claimed on a parent’s return or a dependent parent who may be claimed on an adult child’s return).
• You do not have a Social Security number that is valid for employment.
• You are a nonresident alien.
  The following are also not eligible: a deceased individual or an estate or trust.