The Recovery Rebate Credit (the official term for the stimulus payments) was reduced if your AGI was over $150,000 for Married Filing Jointly and was not eliminated completely unless your AGI was at $160,000 or above for Married Filing Jointly. The IRS is likely requesting the payment back because you actually received your stimulus check in early 2021 and then you claimed it as a credit on your tax return. That would equate to getting $5,600 in credit when you were entitled to $2,800.
If you received (and still have) your Letter 6475 you received in January - March 2022 reporting the amount of the stimulus you received in 2021 (there should be one letter for each recipient) you can verify your receipt of funds. If you do not have the letter, or never received it, you can check your account with the IRS.
- Your online account. It's an online IRS application that allows you to securely access your individual account information. The amounts of your third Economic Impact Payments are shown on the Tax Records tab/page under the section "Economic Impact Payment Information." If you and your spouse received joint payments, each of you will need to sign into your own online account to retrieve your separate amounts.
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