Ask Terry Questions How Filing Head of Household effects Stimulus OOPS BIG MISTAKE!!!

How Filing Head of Household effects Stimulus OOPS BIG MISTAKE!!!

By Terry Savage on February 15, 2021 | Wild Card

Adult son lives with me. He filed his own 2020 return claiming 0 and I claimed him as a dependent so I could file head of household. Will this effect his stimulus payment?

Terry Says

Yes, that was stupid of you to claim him as a dependent. You got $600 — but he missed out on $1200 plus $600!
Why did you ask me AFTER you filed???? First filing date was Feb 12th — so see if you can amend that return and let him file his own and use line 30 to get both stimulus payments.

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