Recovery Rebate claimed by U.S. citizen child if parents are nonresident aliens?

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February 13, 2023
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All,

I have a tax question and would like to ask for your input.

I have a new client, which just turned 18. He is a U.S. citizen and has a SSN, but lives in a different country.

His parents have no ties to the US other then being on a H-visa when the client was born in the US 18 years ago. They since have returned to their home country, do not have a SSN or a residency permit in the US anymore. They did not file US taxes for the last 15ish years.

I am wondering if my client would be able to claim the Recovery Rebate Payments. If I start a return for him it asks if he could be claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer. Since both his parents are nonresident aliens, can I assume that he cannot be claimed as a dependent of another taxpayer? And therefore can claim his own RRC 1-3 when filing a tax return for 2020 and 2021? I cannot find any guidance for this scenario.

Thank you for your input.

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qbteachmt

Level 15

"They did not file US taxes for the last 15ish years."

That doesn't mean they didn't need to. And you are trying to file a return for someone who is 15 and 16 in those years? Geez, it never occurred to me to consider that all those US citizen children around the world should have applied for the RRC on their own standing.

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