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Ok ... I got your answer ... you filed  married with one child on the 2020 return correct ?   That would account for the $4200 third stimulus check you got ( the second one that came in Jan does not get reconciled on the 2021 return).   So you needed to enter 4200 once ( or 2100 you and 2100 spouse) when asked how much you got in advance.  If you only answered 2100 and you are filing a joint 2021  return with no dependents then the program thought you were short $700  since you should have gotten 2800.  This was a data entry error on your side and the IRS caught the error and corrected it automatically.   You probably only got one IRS letter 6475 reporting 1/2 of the stimulus payment so you misread the screen instructions which is a common error this year and last while trying to reconcile this blasted stimulus payments.  

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