@AmeliesUncle wrote:
@Opus 17 wrote:
@xmasbaby0 wrote:
"If someone else could claim you as a dependent in 2021, then you were not eligible then for the stimulus money and are not eligible now for the recovery rebate credit."
This is not entirely correct. There is a situation where a child can claim the AOTC
Xmasbaby said "Recovery Rebate" ($1400 on the tax return if they did not receive the $1400 EIP), not AOTC. 🙂
In that case, then it is the statement that "If you were someone else's dependent, then the person (or parents) who could claim you were the ones who could use the AOTC on their tax return" that should be qualified to state that, in some cases, the student can claim the AOTC even if they are a dependent.
