Unexpected Deposit, Incorrect Amount

[LaurenAEV]

I filed my taxes, and was expecting a refund in about 3 weeks.  Both my federal and state are accepted but not approved.  I did not sign up for a refund advance.  Today, I received a deposit of about half of what my federal refund should be, minus filing fees.  It's over $1000 short of what I am supposed to be refunded.  I called the state and they have received my return and it's processing, but they stated that I have no offsets from them.  I also have no liens or offsets that I know of.  I called TOPS and there are no garnishments or offsets on record.

Why would I have received a partial return from SBTPG already?

[SweetieJean]

Most likely the IRS made an adjustment, and will be sending you a letter (allow 2 weeks for that)  explaining it.  However, a $1,000 difference leads me to think you may have made a decimal point (or comma) data entry error somewhere, so check that in the meantime.  Or, did you ask to have part of your refund applied towards 2021 estimated taxes?

[LaurenAEV]

No, there were no errors on my taxes.  I made very sure they were completely accurate, and I did not apply my return to any other taxes.

[LaurenAEV]

Well I guess I did request a refund advance according to my documents that I just reread, but it was denied at the time...  So does Turbo Tax deposit an advance early?