@marks1000rr - if you want help from a community board, please leave the emotion to the side and 'lose the attitude'. We don't work for TT, we are just here to help.
once again, if you want help to understand what happened
1) how much did your tax return state was the refund amount
2) how much did you actually receive
3) what is on Line 30 and 28 of your tax return?
again, most every issue I see around refund reductions has to do with what was entered by the taxpaper when TT prompted for the amount that was received for either the Stimulus or the Advance Child Tax Credit. ]
Up to you if you want help; the venting won't get you to the answer.
ps the IRS doesn't "take the stimulus back" - what you received in 2021 is yours and cannot be clawed back. If you requested more on your 2021 tax return, then the IRS will reduce that to match their records.
