Hello. This is sort of an offshoot of my earlier question here: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-file-jointly-if-my-wife-was-not-in-the-us-duri...
But you don't really have to go read that to answer this. Long story short, my tax filing status is changing from non-resident alien to resident alien this year. Plus I also got married in 2021 -- so i am filing jointly with my wife. For completeness, my wife was not present in the US during 2021 and she doesn't have an SSN/ITIN. We are applying for her ITIN along with the federal tax.
My question is that when i got to the tax credits part of the turbo tax questions, i answered no to the question about receiving the 3rd stimulus check. I did not receive it because i was a non-resident alien in the last year tax return. Based on this answer turbotax added 2800 to my tax refund -- 1400 for each. Now i do understand that i qualify for that credit but i am not sure if my wife does. One she was not in the US and two she does not have a SSN (we are applying for her ITIN as i mentioned before). Is this a mistake on turbotax's part or should i send it in as it is and IRS will simply deny her credit part of the refund?
A related question is: can i also retrospectively claim the 2020 tax credits now that I am a resident alien by filing an amended 2020 tax return OR is that not how it works?
Thanks for your help and time!
