Child's W2

[kimberly2910]

My 19-year-old has a W2 of about 24,000. She is a full-time college student, lives at home, and does not provide more than half her support. She did not receive any stimulus checks during 2021 since she had no W2 for 2020. When she input her info, she selected that someone could claim her, which then in turn, made her ineligible for the stimulus amounts of 2021. Should she select that no one else claims her? And then do I delete her from my tax return?

[JulieS]

No, if she is not providing more than half of her own support, she should not say she is supporting herself on her tax return. 

If she was your dependent in 2020 and 2021, you received the stimulus check for her. 

[DoninGA]

She can be claimed as a dependent so she has to enter on her tax return that she can be claimed as a dependent.  She is not eligible for the $1.400 Recovery Rebate Credit.

[kimberly2910]

So, I only received a stimulus amount on my 15-year-old and not on my 19-year-old.  The 2020 letter from the IRS stated that because she was 17 years old (at the time) that she was not considered a qualifying child and therefore I did not receive anything for her. Was this incorrect and if so, is there a form I can file?

[KrisD15]

Please claim your daughter as your dependent on your return if she does not supply more than half her own support and she is your dependent. 

You should get the Recovery Rebate Credit for the same amount as the Stimulus Payment you did not get for her.

The IRS was correct to not send you the stimulus because they were not sure how your daughter would be filing for 2021.

Since she is your dependent, you will get the credit.

The Third payment (and Recovery Rebate Credit) was expanded to include dependents over 17. 

According to the IRS:

• Qualifying dependents expanded. Unlike the first two payments, the third payment was not restricted to children under 17. Eligible individuals received a payment based on all of their qualifying dependents claimed on their return, including older relatives like college students, adults with disabilities, parents and grandparents.

IRS LINK

@kimberly2910

[VolvoGirl]

That was for the first 2 Stimulus payments.  But for the 2021 3rd Stimulus payment it is 1,400 for everyone on your return no matter how old they are.  Did they send you any of the 3rd Stimulus payments?  It was 1,400 per person and came out starting in March 2021.   Check your bank accounts.  The IRS should send each spouse a letter 6475 for half of it.  Did you get any deposits or letters?

Unless your income is too high and you don't qualify for it.

When  you fill out your return in Turbo Tax it will ask how much you got.  Say yes or fill in the amount you did get.  If you didn't get the full amount or qualify for more it will be on 1040 line 30 for the Recovery Rebate Credit.  

To get to the stimulus questions in TurboTax at any time, you can search for stimulus or recovery rebate credit then hit ENTER and there should be a Jump to link

If you are trying to trigger it,

Click on Other Tax Situations at top

Click on Let's get started

Answer some questions then Continue

Then click on Let's keep going

Next screen is for the Third Stimulus, if you qualify

If you did not get prompted to enter your stimulus information, that means you either:

1. Filed as a dependent being claimed on another tax return, or 
2. have an AGI too high to claim the recovery rebate