Re: Where is the section that you input your stimulus payment amounts? I need to update and can't... (2024)

If you did not get prompted to enter your stimulus information, that means you either:

1. Filed as a dependent being claimed on another tax return, or
2. have an AGI too high to claim the recovery rebate

To get to the stimulus questions in TurboTax at any time, you can search for stimulus and use the Jump to link. If you are trying to trigger it, you can go toOther Situations, answer any questions and clickDone.The nextautomatic selection is Federal Review and it will ask about payments received.

Hello,

My apologies, should have looked into the AGI, figured the program would ask for info from form 6475 regardless of AGI and just leave the recovery rebate blank if AGI was over the limit.

Thank you for the quick response, was really confused why it wasn't asking me but makes sense now.

To claim your 3rd stimulus payment on your 2021 tax return, follow the steps below:

With your federal return open:

1. In the search box, type recovery rebate credit, select Jump to recovery rebate credit link
2. Answer the questions on the screens that follow

It might take a while for the IRS to process your 2020 amended tax return.

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Just to add my notes I just wrote up and made screen shots.

To get to the stimulus questions in TurboTax at any time, you can search for stimulus or recovery rebate credit then hit ENTER and there should be a Jump to link

If you are trying to trigger it,
Click on Other Tax Situations at top
Click on Let's get started
Answer some questions then Continue
Then click on Let's keep going
Next screen is for the Third Stimulus, if you qualify

@Ahulance, yes you will enter the information from the letter in TurboTax and the software will do the calculation based on your input and will calculate the amount accordingly if any adjustment is needed.

Follow the steps below to enter your information for the Rebate Recovery Credit.

InTurboTaxOnline, to claim the Recovery Rebate credit please do the following:

1. Sign into your account andcontinue from where you left off
2. Click onFederalin the left-hand column, then onFederal Reviewon the top of the screen
3. On the next page titledLet's double-check the amount you received; you will be able to enter the partial amount you received.

Please refer to the image below

You can look for the Recovery Rebate Credit Worksheet in your filed 2021 return. Line 13 will have the amount of stimulus you reported that you received for the third payment in 2021.

If you were due any additional stimulus, that amount would be reported onLine 30 of Form 1040, Recovery Rebate Credit.

If that line is blank, that means the amount you reported as receiving was equal to or more than the amount for whichyou were eligible.

To view your filed 2021 return:

1. Once you log in, scroll down to the bottom of the screen toYour tax returns & documents.
2. ClickDownload my return

@toussingjc

Delete the "Recovery Rebate Credit Worksheet" from your list of forms and the program will ask again.

Online

Click TAX TOOLS on the left side-bar

Click TOOLS from the drop-down

Click “Delete a form” on the TOOLS CENTER screen

Scroll down, find the worksheet, and delete

The question will come up again, although it may not be asked until you go back through the final review.

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Sorry.. Didn't work....

I deleted the form as suggested.. then:

1. I typed in "Stumulus"
2. I clicked "Jump to Stimulus"
3. I see : Let's check your federal return and make sure it's good to go
4. I click "Continue"
5. I see:Nice! Your federal return is in great shape
6. I click "Continue"

So.. Deleting the form did not trigger me being able to re-enter the stimulus payment amounts.

I don't find it sufficient that I wait until final review and hope it pops up again. However, I guess it's my only option.

If you deleted the worksheet

Click Review on the left side-bar

The next screen should say "Let's take care of these details now"

Scroll down to "Answers to review" and clickReview

Nextscreen should be Check This Entry for the Recovery Rebate Credit Worksheet

@madcolor

You may prefer this method.

[Edited 03/04/2022 I 8:53am PST]

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I do not know if this will work, but I too was having a problem last year with not being able to populate the federal stimulus fields in turbo tax. If you are like me and others, we don't like entering our SS# in the field into Turbo Tax. This was what was causing the stimulus field to not populate for me, not having a SS# where Turbo Tax requires there to be one entered.

I suggest entering you SS# and see if that works. You can always change the last 4 digits to a dummy number when saving the file, which I always do using an external hard drive or thumb drive.

Good Luck