To find out if you had a FMS offset that affected your tax refund you can call 1-800-304-3107. Additionally, You may want to contact your State's Department of Revenue.
Please see FAQ, which provides links to State's Department of Revenue:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3302452
See this IRS website for refund FAQ's - http://www.irs.gov/Refunds/Tax-Season-Refund-Frequently-Asked-Questions
Why is my refund different than the amount reflected on the tax return I filed?
If you owe past-due federal tax, state income tax, state unemployment compensation debts, child support, spousal support, or certain federal nontax debts, such as student loans, all or part of your refund may be used (offset) to pay the past-due amount. Offsets for federal taxes are made by the IRS. All other offsets are made by the Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Services (BFS)(Formerly the Financial Management Service or FMS). For federal tax offsets, you will receive a notice from the IRS. For all other offsets, you will receive a notice from BFS. To find out if you may have an offset or if you have any questions about it, contact the agency to which you owe the debt. See Tax Topic 203 for more information about refund offsets.
Another reason your refund amount may be different is if the IRS made changes to your tax return that changed your refund amount. In this case you will get a notice in the mail from us explaining the change
The Department of Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS) can offset any unpaid federal or government debt against your refund without prior notice. Most commonly, the offset is taken for:
We're unable to assist with or provide additional information about refund offsets, as these actions are initiated by the government. For further assistance:
Please see the above response as it outlines in detail how to find out about refund offsets.
You will need to contact your state's Department of Revenue to find out any information about your state return.
They took my state tax for an offset. Which I don’t care but I need prof of it.
Please use this link to click on your state of residence, the contact number is included in the details: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refund-status/help/how-do-i-track-my-state-refund/01/25571#M52
@English You should be receiving a letter in the mail from the IRS, explaining what the offset is. Please also see the TurboTax FAQ below for more information:
Why is my direct-deposited refund or check lower than the amount in TurboTax?
Who took my refund and why need to know I've never had this problem
@Miinieescamilla13 If the government may have made a correction to your tax return, resulting in a lower than anticipated refund, you'll get an official explanatory letter when this happens.
You can go to this link Topic No. 203 Reduced Refund there is a phone number you can call to see if there was a refund offset. Make sure to check both of the options for an offset.
If this is putting you into financial hardship, please see this link:Taxpayer Advocate Service
Why is my direct-deposited refund or check lower than the amount in TurboTax?
Can you please be more specific? Are you inquiring about where to mail your tax returns or about your refund?
Take a look at the following TurboTax article for information, including a link to learn who to contact for information:
@erockzone18 Your very short post has been added to a thread with posts from multiple people. We do not understand your issue since you have not explained. Do you mean that your refund arrived and was less than you expected?
Did you enter ALL of the stimulus money that you had already received correctly in the recovery rebate credit section when you prepared your 2020 return? The IRS cross checks and if you did not enter all of the money you received, they recalculate your refund.
MY REFUND WAS LESS THAN I EXPECTED
There can be a number of reasons why your refund was less than the amount you expected. First of all, look carefully at your actual tax returns. There is sometimes confusion about the amount of refund to expect when users misinterpret the “summary” they saw in TurboTax. The amount of your refund is on your tax return. Federal refund is on line 34 on Form 1040 State tax forms are all different so we cannot tell you what line to look at on your state form. BUT it is important to actually LOOK at your tax return forms yourself and see the amounts of your tax refunds and/or tax due. A lot of confusion would be avoided by doing that.
TurboTax does not receive feedback from the IRS regarding money that was offset from your refund. If you owed back taxes, child support, student loan debt, etc. you will receive a letter of explanation from the IRS in several weeks. The WMR site will contain a message regarding your offset. It is also possible that the IRS caught a mistake you made and reduced your refund.
A possible reason for the reduction could be that the recovery rebate credit was completed incorrectly and you may have entered the amount of stimulus already received wrong, which could have reduced the refund you thought you were seeing.
It is also possible that your state reduced your refund for debts owed in your state—if the state reduced your state refund you will receive a letter from the state.
https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts
IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107
Be aware also that your Federal refund and state refund do NOT come together. Federal and state tax returns are processed by two completely separate entities. There is no rule as to which one will come first,
Did you choose to have TT fees deducted from your Federal refund? (Remember that if you did that, you also agreed to an extra refund processing fee of $39.99)
How can I see my TurboTax fees?
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2565973-how-do-i-review-my-fees-in-turbotax-online
https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/what-is-a-refund-offset/00/26301
Reduced Refund https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc203
NOTE: You can contact the IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107 to ask if they have an offset for you on file. TurboTax would not have that information.
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/who-can-garnish-an-income-tax-refund/L7cPPzDyc
Only the state can tell you. The state doesn't update Turbo Tax about your return. Did the state send you less? Maybe they haven't sent it yet? If the state adjusted your refund they will mail you a letter.
@Alfonso Palomo No one else can see your account or your tax return. You have not provided any details. What is making you think that someone stole your refund?
Where are you seeing that the refund has been issued? Does it say on the IRS refund site that your refund was issued? When does it say that it was issued? Have you allowed five days for it to post to your account? Did you choose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your refund? If you chose to have your fees deducted from your refund then a third party bank is involved.
Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, LLC (SBTPG) is the bank that handles the Refund Processing Service when you choose to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your refund. This option also has an additional charge from the bank that processes the transaction.
You can contact them SBTPG, toll-free, at 1-877-908-7228 or go to their secure website www.sbtpg.com
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2580357-who-provides-the-refund-processing-service
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/who-provides-pay-with-my-refund/00/26410