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January 31, 2021
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I already received my first stimulus check. But turbo tax has included it in my refund. Do I need to change this?

  • January 31, 2021
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MaryM428
January 31, 2021

You may be seeing the result of a calculation that included the stimulus payment due to other entries in the program and when you indicated that you had received $XX it removed that same amount.  Here is how to verify that it is correct:

 

In the panel at the left select Tax Tools

  • Tools
  • Tax Summary
  • Now on the left you can select Preview My 1040

In the 1040 look at line 30.

That is the amount of the stimulus that is added to your tax return.

If the amount is not correct go through the following steps:

 

At the top of your tax return select Federal Review

 Insert fed review pic

 

That will take you to this screen where it asks if you have already received your stimulus payments.  If you received the first or second payment already, then select Yes and fill in the information.  If you did not receive any payment select No.  If you received the first payment only, fill in that amount and put zero (0) for the second payment.

 

When the screen is correct, you refund will be adjusted for the amount of stimulus payment that will be added to your 2020 refund.

 

Insert Stim Pic here

 [edited 2/2/2021 | 4:25 pm PST]