Claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit If Your Filing Status Changed |
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If your filing status changed for 2008 or if you remarried in 2008, follow the directions below when calculating your Recovery Rebate Credit.
Return to the Recovery Rebate Credit Information Center
| IF your filing status in 2007 was... |
AND your filing status in 2008 changed to... |
THEN use the following economic stimulus payment amount(s) to figure your recovery rebate credit, if any. |
| Not Married Filing Jointly |
Married Filing Jointly |
The total economic stimulus payment amount received by you, as shown on Notice 1378, including any amount for qualified children. |
PLUS the economic stimulus payment amount received by your spouse, as shown on Notice 1378. Note: If your new spouse filed jointly with a different spouse in 2007, then your new spouse's stimulus payment was half of their joint stimulus payment amount. |
| Married Filing Jointly |
Not Married Filing Jointly |
Half of the total economic stimulus payment amount received by you and your spouse, as shown on Notice 1378, including any amount for qualified children. |
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| Married Filing Jointly |
Married Filing Jointly with a different spouse |
Half of the total economic stimulus payment amount received by you and your former spouse, as shown on Notice 1378, including any amount for qualified children. |
PLUS the economic stimulus payment amount received by your new spouse, as shown on Notice 1378. Note: If your new spouse filed jointly with a different spouse in 2007, then your new spouse's stimulus payment was half of their joint stimulus payment amount. |
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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: January 12, 2009
