3rd stimulus check is open to " mixed households" The turbotax program doesn't have or consider mixed household options. What can I do now to get my daughter qualified?

[samwalker2022]

For the mixed household option as long as I have a social security number it qualifies my daughter doesn't have a social security number since she was born in Germany and we live in Germany. What do I need to do now sine turbotax won't let me efile without a social security number in my daughter's information

[DoninGA]

To claim a dependent on a US Federal tax return they must have a valid Social Security number or an ITIN issued by the IRS.  To be eligible for the Recovery Rebate Credit the dependent Must have a Social Security number.

If the dependent has neither of these then they cannot be entered on a US Federal tax return as a dependent.

[JillS56]

You cannot e-file if there is a missing social security number.   You can go to ssa.gov and complete an application for a social security number for your daughter.   

To file your return, you will have to paper file your return or wait until you get the social security number.   If you file the application now, there is a chance that you will have the social security number by April 18.  If you do not receive it, then file an extension and that gives you until October 15 to file your tax return.   

NOTE:  If you owe then you will need to pay whatever you owe with the extension.   

[xmasbaby0]

Who’s eligible for the third Economic Impact Payment? (updated  March 30, 2021)

Generally, if you’re a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, you are eligible for $1,400 ($2,800  for a joint return), plus $1,400 for each qualifying dependent, if you (and your spouse if filing a joint return) aren’t a dependent of another taxpayer on a 2020 tax return, have a valid Social Security number (SSN) (see exception when married filing jointly and exception for qualified dependents) and your adjusted gross income (AGI) does not exceed:

• $150,000 if married and filing a joint return or if filing as a qualifying widow or widower
• $112,500 if filing as head of household or
• $75,000 for eligible individuals using any other filing statuses, such as single filers and married people filing separate returns.

Payments will be phased out – or reduced -- above those AGI amounts. This means taxpayers will not receive a third payment if their AGI exceeds:

• $160,000 if married and filing a joint return or if filing as a qualifying widow or widower
• $120,000 if filing as head of household or
• $80,000 for eligible individuals using other filing statuses, such as single filers and married people filing separate returns.

For example, a single person with no dependents and an AGI of $77,500 will normally get a $700 payment (half the full amount). A married couple with two dependents and an AGI of $155,000 will generally get a payment of $2,800 (again, half the full amount). Filers with AGI of at least $80,000 (single and married filing separately), $120,000 (head of household) and $160,000 (married filing joint and surviving spouse) will get no payment based on the law.

You aren’t eligible for a payment if any of the following apply:

• You could be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer’s 2020 tax return
• You’re a nonresident alien.
• You don’t have a valid SSN issued to you by the due date of your tax return (including an extension to October 15 if you request it).

Also, payments will not be made to estates or trusts or for individuals who died before January 1, 2021. 

[xmasbaby0]

Who’s considered a qualifying dependent for the third Economic Impact Payment? (added March 26, 2021...

If you can be claimed as a dependent on someone else’s 2020 tax return, then you cannot claim a dependent on your tax return. You are also not eligible for the third Economic Impact Payment.

The third payment includes up to an additional $1,400 for each dependent you claim on your 2020 tax return (or your 2019 return if a 2020 return has not been filed or processed) with a valid SSN or Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number issued by the IRS. A valid SSN for the third Economic Impact Payment is one that is issued by the Social Security Administration before the due date of your tax return (including an extension to October 15 if you request it).

A child is your qualifying child if the following conditions are met:

• Relationship to the individual who’s eligible for the payment: The child is your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, grandchild, niece, or nephew).
• Child's age: The child was:
  • under age 19 at the end of the tax year,
  • under age 24 at the end of the tax year, a student, and younger than you, or
  • any age and permanently and totally disabled.
• Child's citizenship: The child’s a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico.
• Child's residency: The child lived with you for more than half of the tax year.
• Support for child: The child didn’t provide over half of his or her own support for the tax year.
• Child's tax return: The child doesn’t file a joint return for the year (or files it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).

A person is your qualifying relative if the following conditions are met:

• The person can't be your qualifying child or the qualifying child of any other taxpayer.
• The person either is related to you in one of several ways or lived with you all year as a member of your household (and your relationship must not violate local law).
• The person is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico.
• The person's gross income for the year must be less than $4,200 for 2019 tax returns or $4,300 for 2020 tax returns. (Exceptions exist if the person is disabled.)
• You must provide more than half of the person's total support for the year. (Exceptions exist for multiple support agreements, children of divorced or separated parents, and parents who live apart.)
• The person doesn’t file a joint return for the year (or files it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).