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March 25, 2022
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Economic Impact Payment

  • March 25, 2022
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Married filing joint. In March 2021, we received  $2800. ($1400. each) for the 2021 economic impact payment.  Our combined IRS letters show the same.  The question in Turbo Tax states we are eligible for a third stimulus check for $4200. (we believed we received all payments since this started, 3 in total).  After answering no that our letter was different , I entered the  total amount of the letters and it says we are eligible for the recovery act credit which shows $1400.  Could this be right?

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Employee
March 25, 2022

You have left out some information.   Do you have a dependent claimed on your tax return?   If not, and you are filing a joint return--you say you each already received the $1400.   If that is the case, you do not get the credit again.   If you are now adding a dependent on your 2021 return you get the $1400 for the dependent that you added.   

 

If it is just the two of you----you are answering incorrectly.  Your line 30 should be blank.

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PCBAuthor
March 25, 2022

Yes, I am claiming an adult child on my taxes this time. Didn't even dawn on me that it would apply. Thank you.

March 25, 2022

It depends.  You must enter the full $2,800 you actually received in 2021 for the third economic impact payment (3EIP).  If you have a dependent child, then you would also be entitled to an additional $1,400.  It is $1,400 per person on the 2021 tax return.

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PCBAuthor
March 25, 2022

I'm claiming an adult son for 2020.  I know he received his own stimulus checks. He also got a letter from the IRS but did not file taxes.