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@sjrcpa wrote:

So how are we supposed to get the correct amount in that situation? The person that didn't pay their child support will say they got the reduced amount, if they can even answer the question.

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I'm just thinking out loud at this point.  In 95% of the cases (or more) I'll have an expectation of what they were supposed to get based on 2018 and 2019 (and when we filed 2019).

There were a few where we held off filing 2019 until after EIP1 since filing 2019 may have reduced the amount.  I'm thinking those folks will get reduced EIP2 payments (based on 2019 instead of 2018) but I'm not sure about that.

If the client tells me they got the amounts that I was expecting them to get I don't plan to look any further.  Before putting anything unexpected on the 2020 tax return I plan to do some more due diligence in getting documentation.  Not sure yet what that might be.  I'm still hoping that the IRS will have a lookup tool available.

Rick