We cannot see your tax return. We do not know your filing status, if you have dependents--or the ages of the dependents which could be important, etc, etc, etc,--There are a lot of variable that affect your refund. We cannot answer your question with only those two numbers.
You may have lost Earned Income Credit or the Child Tax Credit. Or do you have a healthcare penalty? The best way to find the difference is to print and compare 2016 and 2017 side by side
And of course, always check your own data entries, looking for errors such as misplaced decimals or extra zeros.
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