Can I claim the $500/child CARES credit if someone else recieved the payment based on thier 2019 taxes?

[amragsdale]

I have two children. Someone else claimed them as dependents in 2019 on taxes. I will claim them as dependents in 2020. I did not receive the extra $500 per CARES act for them. I hear this money is part of an early paid 2020 refundable tax credit. When I file taxes in 2020 can I claim that money even if someone else received the funds based on the 2019 tax info?

[rjs]

Yes, if you claim the children as dependents on your 2020 tax return you will be able to claim the $500 credit for them, even though someone else received a payment for the same children based on the other person's 2019 tax return.