Is My Child Eligible for the Stimulus Payment?
By: AARP Tax-Aide | Source: AARP Tax-Aide
Q: My daughter is 20 and lives with us. We claim her as a dependent and she also files her own taxes. She made $7.000.00 this year and goes to college full time. She did not get a letter that she is receiving a refund. Other friends of our daughter are in the exact same situation, and they did get a letter. What gives? I thought no one that gets claimed as a dependent gets the refund?
A: You are correct. Neither you nor your daughter will get a stimulus payment on her account. You will not because she is over age 17, she will not because someone else claims her as a dependent on their return. I can't say why the other folks with presumably the same circumstances got a letter. The IRS sent out initial notification letters to those whom their computers thought would be eligible. Actual circumstances may vary from those the IRS computers thought they were.
These questions are actual inquiries submitted by taxpayers to our AARP Tax-Aide Program. The AARP Tax-Aide Program is a volunteer-run, free tax-preparation and assistance program offered to low- and middle-income taxpayers with special attention to those age 60 and older. Our volunteers are trained and IRS-certified to understand individual federal-tax issues. Our volunteers provide tax assistance as a public service and cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided.
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