Code 822: correction of an over - payment transferred in error.
From IRS Document 6209, the IRS's processing codes manual.
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Correction of an Over - payment Transferred In Error
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Credit I/B Correction of an Over - payment Transferred In Error 24, 58 Reverses TC 820 and 824 in whole or in part by crediting the Tax Module. The corresponding debit is TC 702. NOTE: For MFT 04, only valid for tax periods subsequent to 199412. Not valid with 34 doc code.
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Document 6209 calls it "Correction of an Over - payment Transferred In Error".
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