Let me explain how stupid the placement of the stimulus question in the interview flow is ... the program INCLUDES the entire stimulus credit you are eligible for based on your 2021 income in the REFUND METER you see BUT much later in the interview flow, when the program finally asks how much you already got in the third stimulus advance payment and you enter that amount it is then removed from the estimated refund posted (or increases the balance due). It is not being "paid back" but you cannot have BOTH the credit AND the advance.
It would be nice if the TT programmers would have asked for that information in the beginning of the interview (like in the MY INFO section) BEFORE you entered in the income BUT the programmers did not ASK us posters in this forum AND they will not listen to us now and change it so I have been posting this answer A LOT this year.
