No Stimulus For Dependent College Students
College students may now also be able to claim the stimulus payment in the form of a recovery rebate credit as long as they are not claimed as a dependent said lisa greene lewis a certified.
No stimulus for dependent college students. Instead the law considers age and taxpayer status. College students are ineligible for the stimulus checks if they can be claimed as a dependent on someone else s federal income tax return. A new tax season means many college students or young adults not yet covering all their own expenses could get a total of 1 800 in stimulus relief.
Millions of students and adult dependents won t receive a 600 stimulus payment young adults think the current eligibility standards disregard families that need the additional money. A student under age 24 can be claimed as a dependent on. No adult dependents will qualify for the 600 checks according to the tax foundation.
To be clear the cares act does not stipulate that an individual be an enrolled college student in order to qualify for that first stimulus check.