@eharriscarter We cannot see your screen, your tax return or your account. We do not know what $600 you mean that the IRS took from you. However, lots of people made mistakes with the recovery rebate credit when they prepared 2020 tax returns. Did you actually receive a $600 stimulus check sometime in late 2020 or in early 2021? Did your Form 1040 have $600 on line 30? If you had already received the $600, or received it after you filed your 2020 return, then the IRS cross checked and removed it from your refund because you cannot get it twice.
Or....does the IRS think you received a stimulus check that you did not receive? If so, you have to get them to trace the payment.
If you were issued a payment and have not received it, see How do I request a payment trace to track my first or second Economic Impact Payments?
If your refund was reduced for any reason, you will receive a letter of explanation from the IRS. The letters come a few weeks after the reduced refund.
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