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How do I claim the unpaid stimulus check for child under 17 tax payment.

Turbo tax only ask the question of the adult portion of stimulus payments, and wants to move on without allowing me to complete recovery rebate for the  child under 17 stimulus payment that was not received on either round. This is confusing since its has been a common error for the IRS .
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How do I claim the unpaid stimulus check for child under 17 tax payment.

 

Children born in 2020 were not included in the 1st stimulus because those checks were based on 2018 or 2019. No one got stimulus money for babies born in 2020 because the IRS did not know about those babies or have their SSN’s. But on your 2020 tax return you can claim your child born in 2020 for the stimulus money, as well as the other child-related credits.  You enter your new dependent in My Info.  When you go through the screens in My Info make sure to say your child lived with you the WHOLE year.  When it asks the oddly worded question about whether your child paid for over half their own support say NO.

 

  

The stimulus check is an advance on a credit you can receive on your 2020 tax return.  If something went wrong or you did not get the stimulus check in 2020, you can get it when you file your 2020 return in early 2021

The Recovery Rebate Credit will be found in the FEDERAL REVIEW section. ( you should see "Let's make sure you got the right stimulus amount”)  If you are eligible it will end up on line 30 of your 2020 Form 1040.

 

Make sure that you enter ALL of the stimulus money received for the 1st ad 2nd stimulus for yourself, your spouse and your children.

 

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payment-information-center-topic-j-reconciling-on-your-...

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901539-how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing

Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

 

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ErnieS0
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How do I claim the unpaid stimulus check for child under 17 tax payment.

TurboTax does not ask for the adult portion of the stimulus payments. It asks for your total first-round and second round payments.

 

The first round payment will be $1,200 per adult plus $500 per child. The second round will be $600 per person. If you did not receive the full amount of either payment, tell TurboTax No, those were not the amount you received and subtract $500 from the first payment and $600 for the second payment.

 

For example, for one adult and one child, TurboTax will compute $1,700 and $1,200. Change those amounts to $1,200 and $600.

 

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tazubu123
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How do I claim the unpaid stimulus check for child under 17 tax payment.

how do i change the stimuls amounts i received after i filed the return

AmyC
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How do I claim the unpaid stimulus check for child under 17 tax payment.

@tazubu123 You don't, the IRS will change it.

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