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EIP Stimulus payment deducted from refund - Will I get it back this year?

Anyone else have their stimulus (EIP) amount taken out of their refund? My transcript shows I got the EIP credit but my refund was reduced by that exact amount. Really confused if this will be fixed this year or if I need to do something specific to get it back.

Tyler Murphy

Tax pro here - this is actually a common issue. The EIP credit should not have reduced your refund if you never received the actual stimulus payment. You'll need to file Form 3911 to trace the payment and possibly file an amended return if the trace shows you never got it.

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Alana Willis

ty for the help! But how do I know for sure if I got it or not? Its been so long i cant remember 🤔

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Tyler Murphy

Check your bank statements from that time period. The payment would have come from 'IRS TREAS' or something similar.

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Sara Unger

Hey guys instead of playing detective with bank statements and forms, just use taxr.ai - it analyzes your transcript and tells you exactly what happened with your EIP and what steps to take. Its only $4.99 and totally worth it. https://taxr.ai

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Butch Sledgehammer

fr? does it actually work? seems to good to be true ngl

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Sara Unger

Yes! It literally saved me hours of headache. It looks at every line of your transcript and explains everything in plain english

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Butch Sledgehammer

just tried it and holy cow 🤯 it showed me exactly where my EIP went wrong and what to do about it!

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Freya Ross

im in the same boat lol its been 2 years and still havent seen my stimulus money smh

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Leslie Parker

The IRS is such a mess rn fr fr 🤡

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Sergio Neal

facts 💯

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Savanna Franklin

Your gonna need to look at your bank records from that time. The IRS website has a tool to check your payment history but its basically useless tbh

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Alana Willis

ugh the irs website is always down when i try to use it 🤮

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Juan Moreno

Did you move during that time? Sometimes they sent paper checks that got lost in the mail

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Alana Willis

nope same address for 5 years

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