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Question

Third stimulus check

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
March 11, 2021
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I was not eligible for the first and second round stimulus checks in early 2020 because I was a dependent . Now, I have filed my own taxes and am no longer a dependent. I was eligible and received the recovery rebate stimulus of $1800 with my 2020 tax return. I have a valid SSN and I’m under the $75,000 threshold.

Am I (still) eligible for the third stimulus check that is upcoming? The IRS website cannot fetch if I’m eligible or not.

Not A Product Question

gloriah5200

Unfortunately, now that the new package has been signed, IRS now has to get busy and change the IRC tax code to adapt to what it contained.

TurboTax must wait until IRS changes are made public until they can make changes to the software.

Here are some links with some additional information for you:

How will the third stimulus package affect me

This means if you qualify for a third stimulus check, you could get up to $1,400 for each taxpayer in your household plus $1,400 for each dependent.

Families earning less than $150,000 a year and individuals earning less than $75,000 a year should get the full $1,400 per person.
Families earning up to $160,000 per year and individuals earning up to $80,000 per year will receive prorated amounts.
One notable difference from the first two stimulus is that you will receive stimulus payments for all your dependents, including adult dependents and college students.

To find out if you are eligible and how much you can expect, visit our stimulus calculator.

Do I need to apply to get a stimulus check?

You don’t need to do anything to get your stimulus check.

The IRS will determine eligibility based on your last tax return (either 2019 or 2020) and will likely send your payment to the bank account where your tax refund was deposited.

If you haven’t filed your 2020 return yet, you can do that now to give your most recent information to the IRS, including bank account or address information to help ensure your stimulus check goes to the right place.

When will I get my stimulus check?

The IRS has not announced a date yet, but we will provide an update here as soon as it becomes available.

Stimulus payment FAQs

Will the stimulus affect my taxes for this year? Or next year?

Do I need to file a 2020 tax return to get a stimulus check if I don’t normally file taxes?

How will I know if I was issued a stimulus check?

What if I already filed my 2020 taxes?

Can I change my information?

Where will my stimulus payment go if I used a Turbo Card to receive my refund?

What is TurboTax doing to ensure that payments go to the right accounts?

Will I get a stimulus check if someone claimed me as a dependent?

For additional information for whether or not your ae eligible for the Third Stimulus Check, refer to the following link:

Where's my Third Stimulus Check

Stay posted to our sites for new information as it becomes available

Yulliza

is Turbo Tax Prepare for the third stimulus check or are we gonna have to wait like we did for the second stimulus? Is there gonna be any issues for people to get their money, last time there was a mixup, IRS blamed Turbo Tax and TT blamed the IRS? Any how, is that gonna happen again?

Steven-poe1

I like how you didn’t get an actual answer

jadden61

Same boat as you. Filed my taxes for first time, get my payment doesn’t have any information for me yet. I do have a mother question to add, if I owed taxes and wasn’t due a refund but filed my tax return with my bank information will I be able to get the third or wait until next years tax return to File another rebate credit?

Irene2805

We have been working closely with the IRS and have confirmed with them that they have accurate banking information for all TurboTax filers.

@Yulliza

You will get the stimulus, but it will be a check because the IRS uses bank information from direct deposits and not payments.

@jadden61

For more information please see this TurboTax Help article: How will the third stimulus impact me?

harryhoudini66

Please check your 1040 form and see if either of these boxes are checked:

Someone Else Can Claim:

Me as a dependent
My spouse as a dependent

If either box is checked, you are ineligible for the stimulus per the IRS. Your only hope, although minor, would be to file a 1040x and explain the error.

jadden61

I was in the same situation as OP, just checked my stimulus will be sent by mail after all in the form a check!

Tleshea

Just know moving forward I will not be using turbotax. I updated info through portal and its still deposited to wrong account! My kids and I were counting on it. The people that need it the most seem to be the ones that cant it.

jadden61

Lol boy you’re **bleep**. “ people who need it the most can’t seem to get it” just because you filed it wrong doesn’t mean there’s a whole conspiracy against making it hard for people to get it. You made an error, accept it. Also no one cares whether or not you use TurboTax in the future or not, get over yourself

Tleshea

Obviously you did something stupid that has you scrolling on TurboTax help idiot. If you don't like what was stated just **bleep** off. @jadden61

lydianette12345

@G76808 Hello I’m in the same situation, did you got any more information or did you already got your stimulus?

ReneeM7122

The third stimulus payment is different than the first two because now you can be a dependent and still be eligible. Here is a TurboTax article about the American Rescue Plan.

@lydianette12345

lydianette12345

@ReneeM7122 thank you for your answer, the situation is my sister who claimed me as a dependent on 2019, she already did her taxes and didn’t claimed me as a dependent now at 2020 she already got her stimulus and mine wasn’t there. So my question is if I’m going to get it by myself and if I qualify?

thank you

Wolfy6896

What is TurboTax really doing to ensure that the STIMULUS checks go to the right account because TurboTax or Green Dot bank excepted my stimulus check and deposit it into my ex girlfriends account my name was never on the account. HOW DID TT LET THIS GET BY???

DawnC

We know stimulus checks are important and we are doing everything we can to make sure eligible taxpayers get their stimulus checks. We have been working closely with the IRS and have confirmed with them that they have accurate banking information for all TurboTax filers. TurboTax cannot dictate to the IRS how to send out stimulus payments. What we know:

The IRS will determine eligibility and where to send stimulus payments based on your last tax return. Stimulus payments will likely go to the bank account where their last tax refund was deposited. For those who didn’t have a refund or didn’t choose direct deposit for their refund, the stimulus payment may be sent by check.

In some cases where the IRS has received a 2020 tax return but hasn’t yet processed it yet. In these cases, stimulus payments may be issued to the account on the 2019 tax return.

If the bank information is invalid or the account has been closed, the bank will return the payment to the IRS and the IRS will mail it to the taxpayer by check at the address they have on file.

Please see Topic G - It explains what information the IRS used and continues to use when issuing payments. @Wolfy6896

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