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March 18, 2021
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My brother is in prison and want to know how to get his stimulus package??

  • March 18, 2021
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My brother has been in prison since 2013 and had tax issues when he was locked up

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    March 18, 2021

    Incarcerated people are eligible for the stimulus payments.

     

    To receive his first 2 stimulus payments, he has to file a 2020 tax return and claim them as the Recovery Rebate credit..

     

    Even if he did not have any income in 2020, he can use the free edition of TurboTax Online to prepare and e-file his tax return in order to claim the stimulus payments known as the Recovery Rebate credit. The federal return will file as usual and will not be rejected. Any state return should be removed, as there will not be a state filing requirement.

     

     

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

    1. Sign into your account and continue from where you left off
    2. Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then on Federal Review on the top of the screen
    3. On the next page titled Let's make sure you got the right stimulus amount, click on Continue
    4. Follow the interview
    5. TurboTax will determine whether you are entitled to any additional stimulus
    6. Any stimulus amount remaining due to you will show as a credit on line 30 of your form 1040.
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