# Real Easy Tax Question -- When Does Income Count?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 22, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-easy-tax-question-when-does-income-count/928588 "2020-12-22T01:58:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-easy-tax-question-when-does-income-count/928588/18 "2020-12-24T15:30:24Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> IIRC, that $1200 we all got earlier this year was to be considered a “refundable tax credit” for the 2021 tax year, just paid out well in advance. I guess this $600 will be likewise?

This should prove interesting for us since we file single. Mrs Cad was under the threshold last year (due to being out of work) but is above the threshold for 2020. For me it is the opposite. I made a lot more in 2019 working two jobs [so I was considered rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-senate-if-you-make-99k-a-year-you-are-rich/850328) but made a lot less in 2020. If I’m reading the law correctly I will get a stimulus tax credit when I file but MC will have to pay some of hers back with her taxes.

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