Question

First stimulus payment not received. How to write it off?

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
April 9, 2021
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I qualified for the first stimulus payment in 2020 but never received it. I found information online stating to write this amount off but I cannot figure out where using your service. Please direct me to the exact spot where I need to enter this information. thank you

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SweetieJean

Employee

You do not enter it per se. Rather, during the interview, the program asks if you received it. If not, it applies it as a Recovery Rebate Credit on Form 1040, line 30.

VolvoGirl

Employee

When you go through the federal review tab it will ask how much you got if any. Enter a 0 in the box if you didn't get one. Or to enter your stimulus payment in TurboTax, type "stimulus" (without the quotes) in the Search box, then click the link that says "Jump to stimulus."

After you have entered your tax information and are ready for the Federal Review, it will be the first question.

If you are trying to trigger it, you can go to Other Situations, answer any questions and click Done. The next automatic selection is Federal Review and it will ask about payments received.

The Recovery rebate credit is on 1040 line 30. It either adds to your refund or reduced a tax due.

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lgehrig4Author

Tried these two and did not see a question about a stimulus. After the review it just takes me to state.

1. enter your stimulus payment in TurboTax, type "stimulus" (without the quotes) in the Search box, then click the link that says "Jump to stimulus."

2. If you are trying to trigger it, you can go to Other Situations, answer any questions and click Done. The next automatic selection is Federal Review and it will ask about payments received.

Not sure what you mean by this below unless I am able to manually enter the amount into the form and I don't see a way to access the forms until the entire return is complete.

"The Recovery rebate credit is on 1040 line 30. It either adds to your refund or reduced a tax due."

VolvoGirl

Employee

If your 2020 income is too high you won't get prompted for the Stimulus section since you can't qualify for any more. And you don't have to enter what you already got and don't have to pay it back. 1040 line 30 is only if you qualify for more not what you already got.

Or are you being claimed as a dependent?