topic My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stimulus, but it was missing that child. Will it be adjusted on 2021 return? in Deductions & credits

My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stimulus, but it was missing that child. Will it be adjusted on 2021 return?

scander85 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:18:34 GMT

This is related to the 3rd stimulus check ($1400 per person)

Re: My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stimulus, but it was missing that child. Will it be adjusted on 2021 return?

SweetieJean — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:25:14 GMT

The Third Stimulus was just enacted into law, and is not part of your 2020 tax return or refund. Rather, the IRS is issuing those payments separately. Did you receive them for the adults in your household?

10 things to know about the third stimulus payment: Direct deposit schedule, IRS calculations, more (msn.com)

Re: My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stim...

ReneeM7122 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:33:14 GMT

If you didn't receive the additional $500 from the first stimulus check and/or the additional $600 from the second stimulus for your eligible children, you should have claimed the amounts as the Recovery Rebate Credit when you filed your 2020 federal tax return. If you did not, then you would need to amend your return. If you did, you can check your status on your Online IRS account. Here is the link.

There is a third stimulus coming. Here is a TurboTax article with more information.

@scander85

Re: My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stimulus, but it was missing that child. Will it be adjusted on 2021 return?

scander85 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:55:23 GMT

Yes. We have 2 adults, and 3 children. One of those children were born in February of 2020. I received $5,600 on the 3rd stimulus, so I'm just assuming that 2020 Baby wasn't included on this because the IRS didn't recognize my 2020 Tax Return.

Re: My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stim...

scander85 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:58:04 GMT

Yeah, i'm not talking about this. I took care of that problem (1st and 2nd stimulus payments) on my 2020 return i just filed. I'm just saying I filed my 2020 return which had 5 people on it, including my 2020 born child. But the 3rd stimulus which was adopted into law and issued after I completed my 2020 return didn't include all 5 people (specifically, the 2020 born child).

Re: My 2020 taxes were filed last month, which included my child born in 2020. I received my stim...

JohnW152 — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:29:10 GMT

The IRS must have based your stimulus amount on your 2019 return; the 2020 return must not have hit its database before the stimulus was sent.

The IRS hasn't announced any procedures just yet for taxpayers in your situation. Please see the IRS Economic Impact Payments page for any updates.