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Stimulus payments

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
February 23, 2021
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A spouse died February 12,2020. She did not get 1200.00 or the 600.00. Is the husband entitled to

$1200.00 and the $600.00 or just the $600.00

Cindy

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TAXOH

Level 10

Both.

IRonMaN

Level 15

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of seeing stimulus payment questions?

Slava Ukraini!

sjrcpa

Level 15

It's not just you.

The more I know the more I don’t know.

qbteachmt

Level 15

Perhaps it would help to review what is really happening:

The funds were paid out as Advanced payment against a projection. The projection used 2018 or 2019 tax returns. But 2020 is the Actuals. You use the 2020 return to reconcile what a person is entitled to, against what they got.

If the person is not a dependent in 2020, then they would be entitled to the payment/credit as individual filers. That doesn't mean "not being claimed." It means "no longer qualifies as a dependent."

You might want to bookmark these links and read the IRS guidance.

Interactive wizards portal for determining dependency:

https://www.irs.gov/help/ita

And:

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/economic-impact-payment-information-center-topic-a-eip-eligibility

https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/second-eip-faqs#Eligibility

One for each EIP.

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