What you may not realize is that as soon as you began to prepare your tax return, the software was giving you the $1400 and it was shown on that "refund monitor" -----but when you entered that you received it already, the software had to reconcile the payment you received, You cannot get it twice---so it looked to you like you "lost" $1400. You did not lose it---you just cannot receive it twice.
You must enter the amount that you received. The IRS cross checks for the stimulus if you put it on line 30. They know if you received it; if you put it there again they will reduce your refund.
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