My wife and I are claiming my elderly Mother as a dependent for the first time on our 2021 filing. All is clear on the rules for that, but I don't know how to answer the question, late in the stop-by-step process, about letter 6475. My wife and I both received letters 6475 correctly stating we received our full EIP 3 ($1400+$1400=2800).
However, the program wants to file for a credit of $1400 for my Dependent Mother even though she received the actual EIP 3 payment last year. How do I account for this when the question asked is: does the letters 6475 for my wife and I match the $4200 amount we are "eligible" for. The truthful answer is "No", but that does not properly account for the fact that our dependent received her own payment.
Anyone have a way to handle this?
Regards,
Steve
