We would need a lot more information than that. Some things that affect a refund versus owing is the amount of income, the amount of taxes withheld, the amount of itemized deductions and any credits.
Are you splitting the itemized deductions? If not, then are his higher?
If you can do a line by line comparison with his return to tell you the difference.
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