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February 16, 2022
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Recovery rebate not generating for new dependent in 2021 despite adding new dependent and correctly checking all information (living with me full time, etc.).

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February 16, 2022

You may not qualify for the Recovery Rebate Credit if your adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds:

  • $160,000 if married and filing a joint return or if filing as a qualifying widow or widower
  • $120,000 if filing as head of household or
  • $80,000 for eligible individuals using other filing statuses, such as single filers and married people filing separate returns.

The new dependent must be a qualifying child.   See this IRS FAQ.

 

A child is your qualifying child if the following conditions are met:

  • Relationship to the individual who’s eligible for the payment: The child is your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, grandchild, niece, or nephew).
  • Child's age: The child was:
    • under age 19 at the end of the tax year,
    • under age 24 at the end of the tax year, a student, and younger than you, or
    • any age and permanently and totally disabled.
  • Child's citizenship: The child’s a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico.
  • Child's residency: The child lived with you for more than half of the tax year.
  • Support for child: The child didn’t provide over half of his or her own support for the tax year.
  • Child's tax return: The child doesn’t file a joint return for the year (or files it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).
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February 16, 2022

You may not qualify for the Recovery Rebate Credit if your adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeds:

  • $160,000 if married and filing a joint return or if filing as a qualifying widow or widower
  • $120,000 if filing as head of household or
  • $80,000 for eligible individuals using other filing statuses, such as single filers and married people filing separate returns.

The new dependent must be a qualifying child.   See this IRS FAQ.

 

A child is your qualifying child if the following conditions are met:

  • Relationship to the individual who’s eligible for the payment: The child is your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, or a descendant of any of them (for example, grandchild, niece, or nephew).
  • Child's age: The child was:
    • under age 19 at the end of the tax year,
    • under age 24 at the end of the tax year, a student, and younger than you, or
    • any age and permanently and totally disabled.
  • Child's citizenship: The child’s a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. resident alien, or a resident of Canada or Mexico.
  • Child's residency: The child lived with you for more than half of the tax year.
  • Support for child: The child didn’t provide over half of his or her own support for the tax year.
  • Child's tax return: The child doesn’t file a joint return for the year (or files it only to claim a refund of withheld income tax or estimated tax paid).
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lbruno418Author
February 16, 2022

The AGI is under $160,000 for married filing jointly, and each one of the conditions is met by IRS standards, but it still doesn't show up for me when completing the Federal return portion or allow me to add. 

KrisD15
February 17, 2022

Did you enter what you and your wife received into the TurboTax program? 

Did you look at your 1040 line 30? 

 

You say you have a "new" dependent on your 2021 Tax Year return, did you also lose a dependent you had on your 2020 tax year return? 

 

How many dependents are you claiming (besides you and your wife) and how much did you and your wife already receive?

 

The payments and credit are based on this 2021 Tax Year return. 

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