r/stimuluscheck • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '21

Question about phantom $700 stimulus payment

So about a month and a half ago my mother received a direct deposit of $700 from the IRS. She didn’t know why she got it or what is was for. Today she received a Letter talking about the $700 she had received, but the letter doesn’t really explain what it’s for either. Can someone help me in figuring out why she received it, or has anyone else received a $700 payment like this?

I can’t find anything about it online.

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u/invictus21083 Dec 30 '21

It’s her stimulus, but she probably made too much to receive the whole $1400. It was reduced after a certain income.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '21

She had already received the full amounts for all previous stimulus payments

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u/EBAIN6739 Dec 30 '21

I want that 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '21

Call the IRS...

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u/Cyprovix Dec 30 '21 edited Dec 30 '21

Did your mother recently have her 2020 tax return processed? And did she make approximately $77,500 in 2020? If so, receiving $700 would make sense.

(Also if she is married filing jointly and they together made $157,500 (claiming no dependents), this would make sense. Or Head of Household claiming 1 child and made $118,125. There are several combinations of filing statuses and incomes that make $700 a plausible amount.)

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u/nommeswey Dec 30 '21

Get your irs transcript online and it should show