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Retirement tax questions
You mentioned $2800. I wonder if you are confusing the $1400 per person stimulus check you got for a married couple with the advance child tax credit payments made between July and December.
Letter 6475 shows the stimulus checks---the one for $1400 per person --- those went out starting in mid-March of 2021. Each of you would have received a letter 6475 for those checks. The IRS divides the amount in half for each spouse's letter. If you had two dependents then the total of those payments would have been 4 x $1400 = $5600. So you would each have a letter 6475 for $2800.
You enter the information about Letter 6475 in Federal Review for the recovery rebate credit.
Letter 6419 shows the amount of advance child tax credit you received during 2021---the monthly payments of either $250 or $300 per child--depending on their age. If your kids were 6 or older then you probably got $500/month x 6 = $3000. The remaining amount---unless your income is too high---should be $3000. You should see $3000 on line 28 of your Form 1040.
You enter the information from letters 6419 for the child tax credit:
Federal>Deductions and Credits>You and Your Family>Child Tax Credit
If you are still not sure----check your bank account for the deposits made last year. And check your IRS online account for BOTH spouses.
https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account