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mwooldri

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1. Maybe some tax filing issue?

Reply to Just_Vote_Dem (Original post)

Fri Mar 26, 2021, 01:13 PM

Mar 2021

My "scientific wild-ass guess" is that IRS based your tax credit (aka stimulus check) on 2019s taxes and not 2020.

Worst case scenario you can get the extra tax credit when filing 2021 taxes. I'm not sure as to what to do in the interim.

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So it looks like I only got a partial stimulus-EDIT:FALSE ALARM, NOT STIMULUS, SORRY [View all] Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2021 OP

Maybe some tax filing issue? mwooldri Mar 2021 #1

My 2019 income was actually lower than 2020 Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2021 #4

Supposedly, creditors can take some of the money from the stimulus MiniMe Mar 2021 #2

Yeah, they shouldn't have allowed that Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2021 #5

I'm retired on Soc. Sec. and got $600. nt Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #3

Everyone on SS should get the full amount IMO n/t Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2021 #6

It all depends on your tax return MiniMe Mar 2021 #7

I don't file. SS is my only income. nt Binkie The Clown Mar 2021 #8

Hmmm, that doesn't sound right MiniMe Mar 2021 #9