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June 17, 2021
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We got our 3 Stimulus Payments already. Then today we received another unexpected direct deposit from the IRS. Does anyone know what this could be?

  • June 17, 2021
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Neither one of us received unemployment last year. We have 1 child who is 11.
Best answer by rjs

The IRS will send you a letter explaining the deposit. You might not get the letter for a few weeks.


Here are a couple of possibilities, but these are just guesses.


If the deposit is a small amount, and your income tax refund was delayed, it could be interest on the refund.


If you repaid excess Premium Tax Credit on your tax return, it could be a refund of that payment, because repayment of excess Premium Tax Credit is suspended for 2020.

 

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rjs
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Employee
June 17, 2021

The IRS will send you a letter explaining the deposit. You might not get the letter for a few weeks.


Here are a couple of possibilities, but these are just guesses.


If the deposit is a small amount, and your income tax refund was delayed, it could be interest on the refund.


If you repaid excess Premium Tax Credit on your tax return, it could be a refund of that payment, because repayment of excess Premium Tax Credit is suspended for 2020.

 

Critter-3
June 17, 2021

If you got the third stimulus based off the 2019 information then you could have gotten a PLUS UP payment if you were eligible for more using the newly filed 2020 return.