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Add A dependent on my stimulus check

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
April 22, 2020
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NCperson

Level 15

please, what are you really asking? can you add more information to explain?

ssnyder514

Level 2

Where do i enter the amount of the stimulus check I received in 2021. I am using Turbo Tax and cannot find where to enter the amount of $1400 received in March 2021

VolvoGirl

Level 15

@ssnyder514

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:

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

Reina1

Level 2

My daughter was claimed for the first 2 stimulus payments by her foster parents but I now have full custody of her. I do not make enough to file taxes so for this third stimulus payment I did not receive a payment for her and neither did her foster parents because they did not claim her on their taxes for this year. How can I add her as a dependent so that I can receive the stimulus payment for her.

CatinaT1

Level 15

File a tax return with the new Recovery Rebate Credit Worksheet. This will allow you to reconcile your stimulus payments and receive any additional payment (refund).IRS Recovery Rebate Credit

In TurboTax Online once your return is open, select Wages & Income (to enter the tax return).
Select Federal Review at the top of the page > Continue to answer the questions for Let's make sure you got the right stimulus amount
TurboTax will then include any stimulus amount due on your 1040 form.

There is nothing else to put on your return except your personal information if you have no income and no one else is listing you as a dependent on another return.  Be sure to have a bank card for deposit or a good address for you to receive a check before filing your tax return.

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Earline1970

Level 2

My two granddaughters have lived with me since February 2021 and will be living with me permanently through this year and years to come I have them through DHR

xmasbaby0

Level 15

@Earline1970 If your grandchildren live with you for 2021 then you will be able to claim them next year when you file your 2021 tax return ---- in 2022.

If you are asking about the new child tax credit, that begins later --- in July 2021---and details are not all known yet on how it will work, especially if you recently gained custody of the children. Wait for further information from the IRS about that.

That CTC increase is not for 2020; it is for 2021. Your 2020 return does not have to be amended for it. More information will be available soon; the details of how it will be implemented have not yet been clarified fully. There may be monthly payments going out beginning in July 2021, with some of the CTC still left as a refundable credit on your 2021 tax return next year.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-topics/help/how-will-the-stimulus-package-impact-me/01/1393859#U1393859

https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/advance-child-tax-credit-payments-in-2021

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Mommyoftwo151718

Level 2

How do I add my daughter on my taxes my baby father claimed her and I have had her u have custody and placement and I can’t get ahold of the IRS to get him in trouble for claiming my daughter when he hasn’t had her at all can you please please help he keep getting money for her and not even helping with her I take care of her not him

VolvoGirl

Level 15

You file your return right and claim her if you are qualified to claim her. If your return rejects because he already claimed her then you will have to print and mail your return. The IRS will investigate to determine who is able to claim her.

Was she born in 2020? A child born (even on Dec 31) is considered to live with you the whole year. So pick the Whole Year at the top of the drop down box.

Mommyoftwo151718

Level 2

do u have a email or can u send me it in a email on what I have to do because iv had my daughter end of October and he claimed her without telling me and I got denied for claiming her and I take care of her I buy her everything he hasn’t seen her sence October he’s on drugs and he won’t help buy her stuff and I worked sence August 2020 and had her sence 2020 he knows he guna get I. Trouble I need to send them a letter explaining this but I can’t get ahold or find a email for them

Cwarren1

Level 2

I need to add my grandson as a dependent as he has lived with me more than 6 months in 2021.

DoninGA

Level 15

@Cwarren1 wrote:

I need to add my grandson as a dependent as he has lived with me more than 6 months in 2021.

Click on the Personal Info section of the TurboTax 2021 desktop edition and add him as a dependent.

Lisa122

Level 2

I added a dependent he is 46 and he recieved his stimulus for the third one. However I added him this year because I take care of him and he lives with me. When i put in for my stimulus info it says I'm eligible for 2800 but i recieved my 1400 for the third stimulus. But not for him so do I put in 2800 because he recieved one. I added him this years taxes. On my letter it says I got 1400 not 2800 . What do I put in that space . I dont want my return to get rejected

DoninGA

Level 15

@Lisa122 wrote:

I added a dependent he is 46 and he recieved his stimulus for the third one. However I added him this year because I take care of him and he lives with me. When i put in for my stimulus info it says I'm eligible for 2800 but i recieved my 1400 for the third stimulus. But not for him so do I put in 2800 because he recieved one. I added him this years taxes. On my letter it says I got 1400 not 2800 . What do I put in that space . I dont want my return to get rejected

Where asked if you received $2,800 you select No and enter the amount you did receive, $1,400. You are eligible to receive the $1,400 Recovery Rebate Credit for the dependent on your 2021 tax return. Even if the dependent has already the 3rd stimulus payment.

okiegreenthumb

Level 2

I just gained custody of my other 2 kids, how do I add them to my tax paperwork and stimulus

xmasbaby0

Level 15

@okiegreenthumb Please explain "just gained custody"----when---exactly? Did they live with you in the year of 2021? Gaining custody in 2022 will have no effect on getting stimulus money for them.