College students who are dependents can now receive stimulus payments
FILE – This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021 that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus package was signed into law Thursday afternoon, providing for direct payments of up to $1,400 for Americans.
The stimulus checks were one of the most prominent initiatives included in the bill, along with extending unemployment benefits and providing money to state and local governments. Democrats hope that this package will provide the necessary funds to households struggling to cover costs as more Americans receive their vaccines and the country continues to battle the effects of Covid-19.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced late Thursday afternoon that the first round of checks could arrive in a matter of days. The majority of Americans should then receive their stimulus payments within the next few weeks.
The provisions included in the legislation should make it easier for college students to receive payments. Under the new law, individuals with an adjusted gross income of $80,000 or less are eligible to receive a check, plus an additional $1,400 for each dependent child. Dependents were not included in the previous stimulus packages, and the provision allows for the inclusion of millions of Americans who were previously excluded from receiving aid. Democrats say that these $1,400 payments, combined with the $600 approved in December, fulfill a pledge to get $2,000 to millions of Americans.
The Internal Revenue Service will use tax returns on file to determine how much individuals will receive. If recipients have already filed 2020 tax returns, their check will be based on their income from last year. If not, it will most likely be based on their income from 2019.
Recipients should make sure to file their 2020 tax returns in order to receive aid based on last year’s income. College students who file as independents will still receive their payment based on their most previously filed tax returns.
diane Lazaro • Apr 28, 2021 at 5:21 pm
My college student does not work. She lives with me. Can she get a stimulus check?
Angee T • Apr 6, 2021 at 10:11 pm
Why is my college student dependent not showing up in the calculator as my dependent. It’s only showing for my youngest son and myself. ($2800) . Why? And all the articles are saying otherwise. What’s going on with that?? And there’s no way to speak with anyone who knows anything bc everyone at tax places are acting slow. Like they don’t know anything either and saying I’ll get it. Calculator doesn’t state that and on my taxes only Cassius showed up. Not my oldest whose full time college student at UWA!!!!!!! Where’s his??
Dana Stuart • Apr 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Same as above…no stimulus for my college dependent when mine was direct deposited. Has anyone received an answer to this and/or what to do to correct it??
jamie Lukitsch • Apr 4, 2021 at 1:03 pm
My son graduated last June. Because of his birth date, he is now 19 and covid really messed things up. Michigan is like 2 years behind on driver’s ed etc. What do I do so he can get the stimulus check? He lives at home and does not work and has never filed a tax form.
Angela • Mar 26, 2021 at 7:01 pm
Same question… except I haven’t yet received my stimulus but I filed my 17 year old high school Junior and 18 year old son who is a full time college student and by status is only stating 2800… so what’s going on with that? There is no way to ask, and I’d like to know the same as the others. Thank you
Raye Jefferson • Mar 23, 2021 at 12:47 pm
Same question, my husband and I received our third stimulus today but did not get one for our full time college student we claim as a dependent. We filed our 2020 taxes the second week of March.
Mary Roberts • Mar 23, 2021 at 12:15 pm
The same thing I received mine but my college student didn’t get hers.
Lisa T. • Mar 18, 2021 at 3:10 pm
The same question. My husband and I received our payment. Our 2 children in college did not get a payment. Does the payment come to us or to our children? When will that check be distributed?
R. Wessels • Mar 17, 2021 at 4:43 pm
My husband and I received our stimulus money today, but did not get any for our college student who was claimed on our taxes. Will
It come separately? Thank you.
Joanna McLane • Mar 17, 2021 at 11:00 am
My husband and I received our stimulus payment but didn’t get the payment for our college student. Are the payments coming separate?
Loraine Harrison • Mar 17, 2021 at 8:02 am
I received my stimulus payment but I did not receive one for my college student .Will the check be coming separately ?
Warean sorrells • Mar 17, 2021 at 7:33 am
I received my stimulus but didn’t receive my college students and he is a dependent on my taxes
Trina Johnson • Mar 17, 2021 at 2:04 am
I have received my stimulus package but my college son didn’t get the payment
Regan Raymond Burke • Mar 17, 2021 at 1:59 am
My wife and I received our stimulus payment but didn’t get the payment for our college student. Are the payments coming separate?
Lina Acosta • Mar 16, 2021 at 8:11 pm
My husband and I received our stimulus payment but didn’t get the payment for our college student. Are the payments coming separate
Edward Souza • Mar 16, 2021 at 4:00 pm
My wife and I received our stimulus payment but didn’t get the payment for our college student. Are the payments coming separate.