

If you did not file a 2020 return, see how to prepare a previous year return. If you did not receive the Stimulus 1 or 2 payments, claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on your 2020 Tax Return by filing a tax amendment (first, verify that it was not already claimed on Line 30 on Form 1040). See information about Stimulus Payment One and Stimulus Payment Two. Additionally, there were changes to the 2021 Child Tax Credit, the 2021 Earned Income Tax Credit, 2021 Child and Dependent Care Credit, and previous year 2020 unemployment benefits - not 2021. This payment was composed of a $1,400 stimulus check to qualifying individuals and $1,400 per each of their qualifying dependents as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, or President Biden's early 2021 tax plan.

The IRS issued Letter 6475, Your 2021 Economic Impact Payment(s), through March 2022, stating how much they issued you for Stimulus Three. Double-check your personal records to be sure of whether or not it was received the IRS will adjust your refund if you claim it wrongly. Tip: enter the amount of the credit you are owed on Form 1040, Line 30 based on Letter 1444-C or a direct deposit description of IRS TREAS 310 TAXEIP3. All these were advance payments of the credit claim your 2021 Recovery Rebate Credit when you prepare and mail your 2021 Return. This refundable tax credit was introduced in 2020 and was composed of stimulus one and two the 2021 credit is only stimulus three. If you did not receive your third stimulus check, this is to be claimed on your 2021 Tax Return as the Recovery Rebate Credit or RRC.
