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  • RWG1950
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2017
    • 470

    #1

    Stimulus payments

    I'm sure this subject has been beat into the ground on this board. I apologize for the redundancy.
    My very elderly retired customers (MFJ) had an AGI of $213,958 in 2019 and $156,054 for 2020
    Their average AGI usually runs about $ 225K or so .
    No $2,400 stimulus payment was received by them, but he said they did receive a direct deposit of $ 7 in August.
    None of the subsequent $1,200 was received by them.
    When I go through my software's rebate screen for 2020, it wants to give them a $2,987 credit on their 1040.
    I gather that this is because their 2020 AGI had fallen to be within the credit phase-out limits.
    I guess my comment is addressed more to the fairness of the credit & how it is being applied to our populace.
    But maybe I'm also simply not understanding how this works & somebody out there can straighten me out.
    These good people have a substantial income, and they also have a huge amount of wealth - yet they still appear to
    qualify to get this economic "rescue" payment ? Am I missing something ? Thanks for comments.

  • TAXNJ
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 2106

    #2
    Does this help?

    https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/how_...ate_my_eip.pdf

    also

    $600 Second Stimulus Check Calculator: How Much Will You Get?

    Note: Stimulus checks have ended, and the IRS "Get My Payment" tool has been taken down. The government issued $931 billion in stimulus checks in 2020 and 2021 to help Americans get through the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic. But more than a year and a half after the last stimulus payments sta




    Last edited by TAXNJ; 02-25-2021, 09:03 PM.
    Always cite your source for support to defend your opinion

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    • RWG1950
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2017
      • 470

      #3
      TAXNJ : Thanks for your reply.

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      • AZUKHiker
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2013
        • 128

        #4
        RWG1950 - Like all tax issues don't try to think about fairness or whether it is appropriate for your client to get the RRC. Congress had to find a quick and dirty way of getting cash quickly to the populace. In doing that some people like your client benefit.

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