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Amending for Recovery Rebate Credit

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March 1, 2022
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Hi,

I already filed my taxes for 2021 and then just received the Letter 6475 regarding my Recovery Rebate Credit from the 2021 Economic Impact Payment. I tried amending the return to include the credit on TurboTax (since I had to pay taxes this year) but there's no way for me to include the credit. Does anyone know how to make the amendment to include the credit?

Thank you

TurboTax Deluxe Online

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awaygone1031

You do not need to amend the filed tax return. If you said on your return that you did not get the Recovery Rebate the IRS automatically changes that on your return and lets you know why they changed it.

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gyumtoAuthor

Hi Tucker16, thanks for responding so quickly. I didn't receive the Letter 6475 until now so I didn't realize I was able to qualify for it. The letter and the IRS website states that I can get the credit. So would be helpful to know how to amend the return.

Thank you

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MinhT1

So you did not claim the Recovery Rebate credit on your tax return. In this case, the IRS says that you need to amend your return to claim the Recovery Rebate credit.

Please see question H1 of this IRS FAQ.

In your amended return, go through the Federal review section to claim your Recovery Rebate credit.

In TurboTax Online, to claim the Recovery Rebate credit please do the following:

Sign into your account and continue from where you left off
Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then on Federal Review on the top of the screen
On the next page titled Did you [or your spouse] get a third stimulus payment?, answer Yes or No
Follow the interview and answer all questions
TurboTax will determine whether you are entitled to any additional stimulus
Any stimulus amount remaining due to you will show as a credit on line 30 of your form 1040.
As you are amending your return, the Recovery rebate credit will show as a refund on your amended return.

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ErnieS0

Use the Search feature to get to the stimulus section @Peter King.

Here's how:

Type stimulus in Search in the top right
Select Jump to stimulus
You should see Let's double-check the amount you received.

If you don't see this screen, it means you are not qualified to receive the stimulus based on your 2021 info.

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kalij2020

Hi,

I did this after not claiming my third stimulus payment for the Recovery Rebate Credit. I input the correct amount I received in the amendment, and after saying I was ready to e-file, it is trying to have me set up payment to the IRS when I should not owe anything. (My mistake on the original filing caused me to have a balance due which is why I'm trying to fix it). Did I do something wrong? I should not have to owe the $1400 I received through the EIP.

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RobertB4444

@kalij2020 Please do not amend your 2021 return to fix the stimulus payment until after the return has been processed and you have received the refund you were expecting. The IRS will hopefully adjust your refund and add the stimulus payment to it by itself or remove it if it shouldn't be there but please don't amend your return.

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Rapunzel90

When I login on the IRS website it say I haven’t filed my 2021 return should I be worried? @ErnieS0

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ThomasM125

You should not be worried, it takes some time for the processing of your return to show up in the IRS refund portal even after the return has been accepted by them.

@Rapunzel90

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