A tax return is the form 1040 you send to the IRS. If you are getting money back, that is called a "refund"--not a return. So.....do you really mean your refund was less after you added a dependent? That does not make sense. If you added a dependent who has an ITIN, you get a $500 credit that reduces the tax that you owe. Are you sure the number that went down did not say "Tax Due" under the number? That would mean that you owe less---not that a refund was reduced.
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