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Question

Difference in what was approve for what getting

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
August 19, 2020
2 replies
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When I filed I was told over $12000 I was getting refunded between the two and now seeing what I’m actually getting is over $5000 total, what happened and what went wrong?

Level 15

You expected a $12,000 tax refund? That is a pretty huge refund---maybe you made a mistake and the IRS caught it and reduced your refund. The IRS will send you a letter explaining why your refund is less. No one at TurboTax knows what they did--the IRS does not share any information with TurboTax after you file your return, nor does the state tell TT anything after you file.

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Federal and state come separately. At the end Turbo Tax shows you a summary of the net combined federal and state. But that is only for your info.

Where are you seeing the 5,000?