At the home of María Isabel and Eduardo Rodríguez, they’ve been trying to figure out what happened to the pandemic emergency checkup for months. They received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stating that the amount owed to them as a couple and for their three children had been sent to them. But they say it never reached them, either by mail or direct deposit.
Other taxpayers in the country are in the same situation as the Rodríguez and wondering what they can do to let the IRS know they haven’t received their stimulus checks yet, also known as the ‘economic impact payments’. In the case of this Texas marriage, it was not possible to get a response from the tax authorities by phone or mail.
If your case is similar, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has said so allows you to request incentive checks when you file your tax returns this year.
The IRS calls this the “ credit recovery rebate, ” but it is, in fact, the $ 1,200 incentive check approved within the aid package. CARES Act last March and the $ 600 stimulus check of last December’s contingency plan.
“Eligible persons who have not received the full amount of the payments for the economic impact can claim the ‘clawback credit’ on a 2020 Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR,” the IRS said. Before They must complete the specific sheet for this credit in the instructions for Form 1040 and Form 1040-SR.
It’s important that you file Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR if you don’t usually need to file taxes with the IRS because your income is low. You can use the tool to submit these forms Free file within the IRS, available for free to those making $ 72,000 or less per year. This way, the IRS can be aware of your case and, once reviewed, send you the corresponding amounts.
The IRS provides a “worksheet” that guides the instructions for filing the tax return. This “worksheet” will help you calculate the amount of each check you qualify for, so that you can then put that amount on Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR.
On page 57 of this comprehensive IRS guide are those instructions (they apply specifically to line 30 of the tax return). We summarize some of them in the box below.
You can get carried away by completing your tax return two letters sent by the IRS for each aid check: Note 1444, from the first check, and Notice 1444-B, from the second check. The amounts shown in these notices are the amounts that you have entered on the ‘Clawback credit’ form or on the software that you use to prepare your taxes.
Residents of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, or Northern Mariana Islands should not complete this sheet. The tax authorities in those areas should provide this credit to eligible individuals, the IRS said.
