Stimulus and injured spouse

[Black Bart]

Anybody know if the use of an injured spouse form (8379) would have any effect on the stimulus payment?

[Jesse]

I received a call this morning from a MFJ client w/ 1 qualifying child. The rebate is calculated at $900 and that is what the IRS website said would be deposited into the account.

We filed an injured spouse form w/ the tax return and the client said they received a deposit of $478. If it was 1/2, I would have expected $450? Client said has not received any other letters/explanations as of yet.

One spouse owes several thousand for a student loan so I'm certain the extra $28 is not the result of the debt being paid in full.

[Bucky]

Just guessing but the amount received could be the total tax liability of the injured spouse.Depending who got the child on the injured spouse form it could be the tax liability plus $300.

[Jesse]

Just guessing but the amount received could be the total tax liability of the injured spouse.Depending who got the child on the injured spouse form it could be the tax liability plus $300.

No, the tax Liability was Zero. Income (rounded) was injured spouse $3,300/other spouse $10,000, so injured spouse would have received less of the allocation.

[ChEAr$]

No, the tax Liability was Zero. Income (rounded) was injured spouse $3,300/other spouse $10,000, so injured spouse would have received less of the allocation.

Is the allocation based on AGI or taxable income?
Would it be?
should it be?

[Black Bart]

I have a client

whose injured spouse form protected him from wife's IRS debt -- he got his full $5K refund a couple of months ago with nothing applied to her account. However, he phoned today saying he received exactly half of their expected $2,000 stimulus payment, so I'm assuming that the injured spouse form had no effect on stimulus payments and hers was applied.

He called the toll-free number (866-234-2942) and all they'd say was that he'd get a letter about it in two weeks.

[Jesse]

.................so I'm assuming that the injured spouse form had no effect on stimulus payments and hers was applied.

He called the toll-free number (866-234-2942) and all they'd say was that he'd get a letter about it in two weeks.

But do you think the result would be the same if they did not file the injured spouse form? Or do you think they would have taken more?

[Black Bart]

It looks

But do you think the result would be the same if they did not file the injured spouse form? Or do you think they would have taken more?

kind of like the injured spouse form (either filed or not filed) has no effect on the stimulus payment either way -- that each gets his/her $300 if he/she owes nothing personally -- and that the other spouse has theirs applied if they owe. But if they paid income tax and were due some of that "over $600-max $1200" rebate money, then I don't know how that would be paid/applied/whatever.