Again----if the IRS sent you that $8400 before you prepared your tax return----and that happened for many millions of people----then you would not have entered anything on your tax return about it, since you cannot get the EIP twice. The IRS sent out those 2021 stimulus payments in early 2021. Then in July of 2021 they started sending out monthly advance child tax credit payments. So everyone got very confused. The recovery rebate credit was only if you did not receive the money already.
Check your bank records for 2021----look for a deposit of $8400.
If you need to trace a payment that the IRS says has been issued to you, mail or fax a completed IRS Form 3911, Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund.
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