We do not see your return and can only speculate based on the information provided. Your salary nearly doubled for one thing. Did your children still qualify for the Child Tax Credit or perhaps one or more of them was 17? If so, No credit. You would not qualify for quite a few things because of your income. You can do a comparison of the two returns to identify the differences.
Many events may reduce your refund, including:
- Starting an additional job (especially self-employment).
- Getting a significant raise, but your W-4 staying the same.
- Adjusting your withholding to maximize your take-home pay.
- Selling stock, crypto, or other investments.
- A change in filing status.
- Receiving unemployment benefits, but not having taxes withheld.
- Taking an early withdrawal from your retirement account.
- Having a child turn 17 in 2023, now receiving the Credit for Other Dependents instead of the Child Tax Credit.
- Started receiving Social Security benefits or Roth IRA distributions.
- Paying off your mortgage, so you can no longer deduct mortgage interest.
- Paying off your student loan, so you can no longer deduct the interest.
- Finishing school, so no longer eligible for certain education credits.
- Earning little or no income and not qualifying for the Earned Income Credit.
You can access your personalized refund information in TurboTax:
- Open or continue your return.
- Select Federal in the left menu.
- Choose Federal Review.
- Under the Explain Why section of the Federal Review screen, select Why am I getting a refund of $? to see more details on your refund and how it was calculated.
If your refund seems extremely off, double-check the amounts you entered. A typo of just one dollar can have a big impact on your refund.
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