I was in prison 2019 -2023 still unemployed can i file stimulus

[SabrinaD2]

You can claim missed stimulus payments by filing a tax return and claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit. Here are the steps and relevant years:

Steps to Retrieve Stimulus Payments

1. File a Tax Return: You need to file a tax return to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit for any missed stimulus payments.
2. Claim the Recovery Rebate Credit: When filing your tax return, claim the Recovery Rebate Credit for the stimulus payments you did not receive.

Relevant Years

• 2020: Claim the first and second stimulus payments by filing a 2020 tax return.
• 2021: Claim the third stimulus payment by filing a 2021 tax return.

[xmasbaby0]

Sorry----the deadline to seek the stimulus for 2020 was May 17, 2024.   It is too late to get that one.   The one for 2021 is still available if you file by April 15, 2025.  After that deadline it will be too late.

Look at your online account with the IRS to see if they sent you $1400 in 2021.

https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account

If you could be claimed as someone else's dependent in 2021, you are not eligible for the payment.

If you were eligible and do not receive a payment soon from the IRS, the other way to get the payment is to r amend your 2021 return to use the recovery rebate credit before April 15, 2025.   If you did not file a 2021 return at all, then prepare one and mail it in.

2021

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf

Here is the IRS 2021 Form 1040
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040--2021.pdf

or if you want bigger type use 1040SR for Seniors,
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s--2021.pdf

And 2021 Instructions
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2021.pdf

2021 Tax and EIC Tables
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040tt--2021.pdf

Sch 1 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s1--2021.pdf
Sch 2 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s2--2021.pdf
Sch 3 : https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040s3--2021.pdf