@emrsmallwood wrote:
I am struggling with whole turbo tax thing too! Our Daughter was born October 2020. She was added as a dependent, but I can not manually enter anything in line 30!!!!!! The software must has some glitch to it! If anyone knows how I can fix this, so I don't have to redo all the info into another program!!!! Please Help
You should not have to add anything manually to line 30, Turbotax will assign the full amount of stimulus you qualify for, and you must reduce that amount if you received any of the advance stimulus payments (round 1 and 2).
Two key points:
1. you get the rebate based on the number of dependents, not their identity. If you received a stimulus payment for 1 dependent who was age 16, they won't be eligible when they turn 17, so if you add a new dependent but a previous dependent turned 17, you won't get any additional funds.
2. for a newborn, you must indicate that the child lived with you all year, or at least more than half the year, even if they were born in the second half of the year (this is the correct answer per the tax regulations.). If you print your return before filing, check the front page and make sure the box for "qualifies for child tax credit" is checked. If that box is checked, then the correct stimulus is also being calculated. If that box is not checked, then you aren't getting the $2000 child tax credit and you also won't get any stimulus rebate. You may need to correct the dependent interview -- check the dependent's age, relationship to you, time lived with you, and make sure they have a social security number.
