IRS Letters of explanation after short partial refund payment.

[knowyjoey]

RE  2022 Tax return ..   After  receiving full State tax refund for 2022 and partial Fed refund I was told to wait for a letter  from the IRS what should I expect there?    I was shorted fed  expected refund $1947 I got $81.. Beyone disappointed. 

[xmasbaby0]

As already explained in a different thread to which you posted, it will take several weeks for the IRS to send you a letter of explanation if the IRS reduced your refund.   Your federal refund could have been reduced by the IRS if you owed back taxes, child support, or had some other sort of mistake on your federal return, and the letter will explain that.  Meanwhile.....you need to look at the IRS refund site and see if the refund site says they issued the amount from line 35a of your Form 1040 to you -- or if they issued a lower amount.  Nowhere in any of your multiple posts have you mentioned actually looking at the IRS site to see what the site says.

You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2022 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:   

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

[knowyjoey]

xmasbaby0  You do not  need to respond to anything I post if it offends you because you sound offended.  I did get a IRS  letter  only 2 lines  telling me they sent me $81  and  zero explanation why a short partial payment.  No explanation at all.  I have done all you suggested and more  and still no explanation for the huge deduction.  The IRS Refund site states the $81 refund  was sent which I got.  But initially when I inquire I put the $1947  on the IRS Refund site  that is accepted  and they they pop up the $81 that they refunded.   Turbo Tax must warn their clients against  selecting the button that allow the fees to be removed from the Fed Tax refund this is what created this serious issue and  everyone that has  had a short payment selected  this option.  That is what should be addressed   .

[xmasbaby0]

The IRS reduced your refund.   The IRS reducing your refund has nothing to do with your choice to use the third party bank to pay your TurboTax fees.   You can clearly see on the IRS site that the IRS reduced your refund.   So---the IRS has some other reason completely unrelated to the choices you made when you used TurboTax.  Either you made a mistake in the information you entered into the tax return, or you owed child support or back taxes that caused the IRS to offset your refund. The third party bank does not have your refund.  The IRS kept/disallowed most of your refund.

Contact the IRS for more information.

To call the IRS:IRS:  800-829-1040  hours 7 AM - 7 PM local time Mon-Fri

Listen to each menu before making the selection.

First choose your language. Press 1 for English.

Then do NOT choose the first choice re: "Refund", or it will send you to an automated phone line.

Instead, press 2 for "personal income tax".

Then press 1 for "form, tax history, or payment".  

Then press 3 "for all other questions."

Then press 2 "for all other questions."  It should then transfer you to an agent.