Will I See a Stimulus Payment on my 2020 Tax Return?

[Chasp203]

In 2020 I was not eligible for a stimulus check because on my 2019 taxes I marked "someone can claim me as a dependent." Well, that was my first time filing my own taxes and I realize that was a mistake. I saw somewhere that when I file my 2020 taxes I will receive a stimulus payment because I never received one. Is this true? Will I receive stimulus money on my 2020 tax return in addition to whatever refund I am already getting?

Thank you!

[rjs]

Yes, if you cannot be claimed as a dependent for 2020, you will get the stimulus payment as a credit on your 2020 tax return.

[Critter-3]

Just follow the interview ... everyone will see this screen in the Federal Review tab ...

The question about the amount you got in the advance stimulus payment doesn’t happen until the END of the interview.  By then the program has already calculated the credit and has included the amount in the refund meter you see at the top of the screen.   UNTIL you get to that screen where you can indicate how much you actually got in the ADVANCE payment the program cannot know what the correct amount really is.  So once you enter in that amount the program adjusts the credit accordingly depending on how much you already got and the refund meter will change appropriately.