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Cheryl Q
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We claimed our 18-year-old student son (he had turned 18 in December of 2007) on our federal income taxes. We are not entitled to the child credit for him because of his age, so it is my understanding that we don't get credit for him for the stimulus payment either. However, he made over the $3,000 minimum to get a payment himself and filed his own tax return. When checking with the IRS it informs us that he is not entitled to the stimulus payment because we claimed him on our tax return, and we are not entitled because we couldn't claim him as a "child". So, does no one get money for him? And is this right? And does anybody actually have a phone number for the IRS where you can actually get in contact with a live person?