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How do I reject the stimulus dependent credit

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January 18, 2021
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My girlfriend and I have a child and live together but are not married. She claimed our son in 2019 and over the course of the year she received the additional money from the stimulus packages in 2020. We have an agreement where we rotate who claims him every year and with me claiming him for the 2020 tax season, the TurboTax software is forcing me to take an additional $1,100 (which appears to be the dependent amount allowed by the package that my girlfriend already received). If this happens I will essentially receive more money than I should and owe the IRS money on top of possibly going through the whole audit process. Is there a way this can be rejected/refused in TurboTax or is this just a missed step in the system that needs to be fixed?

rjs

Employee

There is nothing that needs to be fixed. You are entitled to the additional payment. That's the way the stimulus payments work. The IRS knows that unmarried parents can both end up getting the stimulus money for the same child. It's okay. Just leave it the way it is.