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February 17, 2021
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Can I receive the recovery rebate credit?I'm a college student. I'm claiming myself and did not receive any stimulus checks for this year. Did not see it as an option

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Employee
February 17, 2021

Can you be claimed as a dependent even though your parents chose not to claim you?

Hal_Al
Employee
February 17, 2021

It comes up in the review section.

 

Under the CARES Act, if you are claimed, or qualify to be claimed, as a dependent on someone else’s 2019 return you did not receive a stimulus check, in 2020.   If you qualified as a dependent for 2019, but will not be for 2020, you will most likely get it in 2021, when you file a 2020 tax return.

Note that the requirement is not just whether you are actually claimed as a dependent, it's whether you qualify to be claimed as a dependent.