When I check my third stimulus payment in id.me it's different than what turbotax says I should have received. Will there be two 6475 letters for married couples?

[tikkiggodd]

I want to know if there will be two 6475 letters for married couples, and if I need to add them, similar to the 6419 letters.  I don't know if the id.me amount is the total amount or if it was split between my wife and I

[HelenC12]

Yes, if you filed as married filing jointly on your prior year tax return, then both you and your spouse will receive IRS Letter 6419. You need both letters when filing your return as you will enter both amounts to be added to your tax return.

Using the total amount of the third payments from the individual's online account or Letters 6475 when filing a tax return can reduce errors and avoid delays in processing while the IRS corrects the tax return.

For additional information, please see: IRS Letters 6419 and 6475 for the Advance Child Tax Credit and Third Stimulus: What You Need to Kno...

[Critter-3]

Ok ... in the IRS account online it will show the full amount you got  in both taxpayers accounts ... so if you got $1500 in advance the account would say $1500 for each of you  but the 6419 letters splits that out between you both.  Thus the letters will each say you got $750  for a total of $1500.   If one of the letters did not show up yet and you are filing jointly again this year, then  you can simply use the info on the one letter for both parties.  Since the IRS only gets the total received on the form 8812 no matter how you get the total there is irrelevant.

[tikkiggodd]

We have the 6419 letters and those aren't an issue, my question was about letter 6475.  Will we receive two 6475 letters or just one?  There is only one spot for the third stimulus amount, where the child tax credit had two spots.  I'm assuming there will only be a single 6475 letter and the ID.me account amount will match that amount in the 6475 letter.  I wanted to make sure because my ID.me account shows less than what turbotax expected me to get, which means my return would increase by the difference.  I just want to make sure before I finalize my filing.

[xmasbaby0]

The IRS sends letter 6475 to each of you.    If you both received $1400 for the 3rd EIP payment then you need to enter that correctly.    If you do not enter the total that the two of you received it will put an amount on line 30 of your Form 1040---as if you did not receive the payment.   And if you DID receive the payment, your return will end up under review and your refund will be delayed.

[Critter-3]

Bottom line ... if you know exactly how much you got just enter it in the program even though you did not get the letters yet ...  I have not seen any of those 6475 letters  yet at all.  I did get the 1444-C letter last summer which says the same thing as the 6475.