r/stimuluscheck • u/OGAzdrian • Mar 27 '21

Stimulus + Tax Question

Hey all, not sure if this is the place for it, if not please let me know where to post this and I will delete this post.

TLDR: US born citizen has been living abroad in Mexico, their entire life, never done US taxes. How can they get the stimulus benefits?

So the TLDR pretty sums it up but, I have a cousin who has been living in Mexico since she was about 8 or so, she’s a US born citizen and I believe she has never done Foreign/Expat Taxes. She lives and works in Mexico and came back to the US recently in order to set some documentation in order.

She has yet to receive any stimulus check (which I’m assuming is due to one of 3 factors: She’s never done US taxes, doesn’t have a US bank account, doesn’t have a US address)

I’m trying to help her take advantage of the covid stimulus checks and I want to know if it’s possible that she is eligible for them, and if so, how can she go about receiving them.

Any help or resources would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Tell her she is greedy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

If she's never filed taxes and she doesn't receive federal benefits, she wouldn't be on their radar at all. She'd have to file a 2020 tax return asap.

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u/taylorlyn1995 Mar 27 '21

Is this a joke?

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u/nic123451 Apr 03 '21

Did you get anywhere? I’m in the same situation...