If my parents claim me on their taxes, do they get the money I was supposed to receive in my stimulus check?

Question

I'm 19 and I moved out of my parents house in Aug 07. My parents said they would figure my taxes with their tax attorney. My mom and the tax attorney assured me that I was going to get $600 on the refund and I never received it. I just found out that my parents claimed me. I was counting on that money for a new house. What do I do?

Answer 1

If your parents claimed you then you will not receive the rebate.  How much income did you have last year?  If over $3000 then you could have gotten $300 rebate if you had claimed yourself, and $600 if you had paid that much in federal tax, not everyone gets the $600 per person anyway unless they paid that much in federal tax.  Next year tell your parents that you are claiming yourself if they are not supporting you anymore.  $300 to $600 makes a big difference in getting a house for you?  Anyway, since you are over 16 years of age they will not get $300-$600 for you either.

Answer 2

No, since you are over 17 they won't get anything extra in their stimulus payment for claiming you.

If the tax attorney assured you that even though you were claimed as a dependent you'd still get a stimulus check, he or she is incompetent - dependents are NOT eligible.

Answer 3

Well it's kind of illegal for them to claim you on their taxes since you don't still live with them. You can only claim a child until they are 18 or move out....you can still claim them if they are in college because they are most likely still dependent on you somewhat.  I you filed your own taxes then you should get your stimulus check, if you didn't file taxes then you wouldn't have gotten one regardless of what your parents did.

Answer 4

no ur parents arent getting anything for your on their return because you are over 17 years old, so pretty much no one gets the money for you and from what i know is you cant do anything....

Answer 5

If your parents claim you as a dependent, you will be ineligible for the rebate, but you may still benefit under the plan.

While the rebate depends on your 2007 status and income, it is actually a rebate toward your 2008 taxes. According to the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, taxes would be cut in 2008 from 10 percent to zero percent on the first $6,000 dollars of taxable income for individual taxpayers.

So if you have taxable income in 2008, you will see a tax cut when you file in 2009.

Answer 6

I hope you won't fight your mother  over $600 or $300 bucks and stop talking to her ever.You can earn more than $600 or $300 if you have a job.I am supposed to get my stimulus check for $600 on 7-5-08.I worked last year the whole year.I just got laid off from my job and $600 means a lot to me b/c I ain't working.I could buy gas for atleast 3 month with that $600 bucks.I think you should talk to your mother one on one and see if she could give you the $300.

Answer 7

If you were going to school and lived with your parents for at least 1/2 of the year, then they could claim you.

Did you work and file your own tax return?

If they claimed you and you claimed you, then you will end up having a problem down the line.  My daughter went into the military at age 18 after July 4th.  I claimed her and she she her own taxes - I didn't know - and we got in trouble.

If your parents did actually support you then they deserve the writeoff.

Call the taxman yourself and get to the bottom of it.  Go straight to the source so you have the true facts.

Answer 8

No.  Neither of you gets anything.  You get nothing because they supported you for over half the year.  And they get no rebate for you because you are over 17.

Answer 9

1. No.  They do not get the money.  Parents receive stimulus checks for their children only if the children are under 17.

2. If it was legal for your parents to claim you, then you were not entitled to a stimulus check, and it would have been illegal for you to receive one, even if your parents did not claim you.  By law, you are entitled to a stimulus check only if it was illegal for your parents to claim you.

3. Did you file a tax return?  If so, (a) did you claim yourself, and (b) did you check the box to indicate that another person can (not did or will, but can) claim you?  If you did not file a tax return, or you checked that box, you receive no stimulus check.  If you filed and claimed yourself and did not check that box, and they filed and claimed you, there will (eventually) be an IRS inquiry into whether they or you (never both) was entitled to claim you.

4. If they were not entitled to claim you and you did not file, you can file now and receive your check, but it will be late.

5. If they were not entitled to claim you and their attorney filed a return for you and either (a) did not claim you on your return, or (b) improperly checked the box that indicates that you can be claimed by another person, you can file a paper Form 1040X to amend the return filed by/for you.

6. How could $600 be enough "for a new house"?

Answer 10

If you were a full-time student for one semester in 2007, either high school or college, then your parents are going to claim you.  You would be able to claim yourself only if you can show that you paid for over half of your own support.  Since you lived at home for more than half of the year, it is unlikely that you can show you supported yourself.

There was so much confusion regarding the stimulus payment, it is understandable that you got incorrect information.  If you can claim yourself in 2008, you may be able to get the stimulus payment as part of your 2008 refund.

Your parents did not receive any stimulus payment based on your exemption.  They did receive an exemption and possibly other credits.

Answer 11

If they claimed you - they'll get $300 for you. You won't get one unless you have your own seperate return.