recovery rebate

[Namaw]

Joint return - spouse died 2/10/2020.  It is showing client should have received 2,400 and 1,200 for the stimulus payments in April 2020 and January 2021.  He got $1,200 later in the year for the first one.  If I put that into the software, it will show he is due another $1,200 which doesn't seem right.  She did have some income in 2020.

[IRonMaN]

As long as someone is alive for 1 minute in 2020, they qualify for the credit.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

anyone that was alive in 2020 was entitled to the full RRC...if they didnt get the full thing advanced during 2020, they pick up the remainder on the return.

[BobKamman]

And if they believed IRS when told they had to send the money back?  I'm waiting to hear experiences with that fiasco.