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Confused STILL on the CARES Act Recovery Rebate.  In 2020, spouse & I had 2 college students fully dependent upon us.  

Student# 1:  Jan-June 2020 was full-time graduate student (age 23, turned 24 mid December 2020)
  Lived at home 100% of year, we paid for all living and support expenses.  *It looks like per the notes above that the exception of my Student#1 being 23 and in school full time at least 5 months would mean he was eligible as a dependent no matter what his income was.  Is this correct?  TurboTax form tells me he is not eligible, as he earned over $12k during the 2020 calendar year.

Student# 2: Full-time undergraduate 2nd year college student.  Lived at home 100% of year, we paid for school and all living and support expenses.  It would seem that we are still eligible for the Recovery Rebate - but the TurboTax form acts like spouse & I already received max for 2020 ($2400 & $1200) - yet TurboTax does not offer the "recovery rebate" option.  

Should i work independently with a tax preparer instead of TurboTax this year?