Question
Recovery Rebate Credit - Alternating Dependent
Mother and Father are divorced. They alternate claiming the dependent child. In 2019 the father claimed the child and received the 1st and 2nd stimulus for the child ($500 and $600 respectively). In 2020 the mother will be claiming the child. Will she be able to collect a recovery rebate credit for the same child? The system asks the amount she actual received ($1200 and $600 for herself only) - it then allows her to also receive the $500 and $600 recovery rebate for the same child. Is this how it was intended to happen?
