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thomas410
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I have never filed taxes I'm doing them this year and I have never received my stimulus checks and now it doesn't give me the option to claim them

 
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MinhT1
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I have never filed taxes I'm doing them this year and I have never received my stimulus checks and now it doesn't give me the option to claim them

If you did not receive your stimulus checks, you cannot claim them on your 2022 tax return.

 

You have to file your 2020 and 2021 tax returns to claim them as the Recovery Rebate credit.

 

The first stimulus checks are claimed on the 2020 tax return while the third one is claimed on the 2021 tax return.

 

Please follow the instructions in this TurboTax Help article to prepare your tax returns for 2020 and 2021.

 

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I have never filed taxes I'm doing them this year and I have never received my stimulus checks and now it doesn't give me the option to claim them

There is no stimulus check for 2022.   The stimulus checks were sent to you for 2020 and/or 2021 if you were eligible in 2020 or 2021.  If you could be claimed as someone else's dependent for 2020 or 2021 you cannot get stimulus money.   You say that you have never filed a tax return -- why is that?   

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MinhT1
Expert Alumni

I have never filed taxes I'm doing them this year and I have never received my stimulus checks and now it doesn't give me the option to claim them

If you did not receive your stimulus checks, you cannot claim them on your 2022 tax return.

 

You have to file your 2020 and 2021 tax returns to claim them as the Recovery Rebate credit.

 

The first stimulus checks are claimed on the 2020 tax return while the third one is claimed on the 2021 tax return.

 

Please follow the instructions in this TurboTax Help article to prepare your tax returns for 2020 and 2021.

 

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**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"

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