@melljean007
Again you are not understanding the tool ... once you said you were a person in step one did you notice it gave you a refund of the amount of the stimulus payment you already got before you even entered in kids or income???
That is a credit on the 2021 return BUT ONLY IF you did not already get the payment in advance. Then the tool asked if you got the payment and when you entered the amount you already got the refund was reduced by that same amount. You cannot get the advance and the credit for the same money ... it is one or the other ... you were not short changed.
