No Stimulus Check For Dependents Over 17

As with the first stimulus check children age 17 and above and dependent adults won t be eligible for the 600 dependent payout.

No stimulus check for dependents over 17. When the first round of stimulus checks was sent millions of young americans were excluded from receiving either money to contribute to the family check or a payment of their own. The 900 billion stimulus law also. Parents lose the 300 kicker for children who are over age 16 as of dec 31 2007.

This excludes roughly 13 5 million adult dependents from. Students age 17 or older don t qualify for a stimulus check if their parents or guardians claim them as dependents. The heroes act which was approved by the house of representatives calls for a second round of 1 200 stimulus checks that would be available to dependents ages 17 and up.

There was no limit to the number of children who could count as dependents as long as they were 16 or younger and claimed by the taxpayer on their tax return. Unlike the consolidated appropriations act which left out dependents aged 17 and older the cash act will send 2 000 checks to all qualifying dependents regardless of age. That means the stimulus excludes millions of high school and college aged.

Dependents of any age are ineligible for the rebates not just over age 17. America s third stimulus check would change even more rules this time from the maximum payment to who qualifies.