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Client has sch c profit not much just started the business but it is more than $3000. Sch f has a loss of more than $3000 and wipes out the profit from sch c. Will the tp get the stimulus refund? I am thinking yes but something inside me says no. AGI is less than $3000 and still need truck expenses which might cause and AGI to go negative. Am I brain dead or what? This program seems to be causing more questions and problems. Thanks for you input.

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No, if their AGI is zero, and they had no SS etc, even if not taxable, no stimulus payment. By the way, did you see the funny message at the end of the IRS calculator that Cathy posted? I entered zero wages, zero total income, and this is what it told me......

"According to law, the economic stimulus payment amount that married couples filing jointly would otherwise be entitled to receive is reduced by 5% of the amount that their Tax Year 2007 Adjusted Gross Income exceeds $150,000. You would have been eligible for an economic stimulus payment of $0, but your AGI exceeds $150,000 by enough to reduce that amount to zero."

Mind you, that was with an AGI of zero. I never knew that zero exceeds 150,000, did you?

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No, if their AGI is zero, and they had no SS etc, even if not taxable, no stimulus payment. By the way, did you see the funny message at the end of the IRS calculator that Cathy posted? I entered zero wages, zero total income, and this is what it told me......

"According to law, the economic stimulus payment amount that married couples filing jointly would otherwise be entitled to receive is reduced by 5% of the amount that their Tax Year 2007 Adjusted Gross Income exceeds $150,000. You would have been eligible for an economic stimulus payment of $0, but your AGI exceeds $150,000 by enough to reduce that amount to zero."

Mind you, that was with an AGI of zero. I never knew that zero exceeds 150,000, did you?

Sounds like the way IRS does math to me.

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