Question

Turbotax asks me if I received stimulus in 2020. When I select "no", it gives me a $1200 stimulus credit when I was claimed as a dependent on my parents 2019 return. Why?

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February 17, 2021
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According to the stimulus calculator I should not be eligible but TurboTax never asks this key question. And I used TT last year. Seems like it should know.

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xmasbaby0

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The recovery rebate credit is based on your 2020 tax return. They mailed those checks out in a hurry last year and had to use either 2018 or 2019 returns.. But the stimulus money was an advance for a credit you get on a 2020 tax return. If you cannot be claimed as someone else's dependent for 2020 then you are eligible to get the stimulus checks.

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meganocisuAuthor

I appreciate the reply but the IRS documents, as well as Turbo Tax's Q and A specifically say that you are not eligible for the stimulus checks if you were claimed on someone else's 2019 return as a dependent, which I was.