@brandnew831 "would have owed a refund" makes no sense at all. Sorry---you are not being clear. When you prepare a tax return you either OWE tax due or you can RECEIVE a refund. There is no such thing as owing a refund.
So----was the 2020 return you just filed the first time you have filed a tax return in a few years? Did you file tax returns for 2016, 2017, 2018 or 2019? It seems the IRS knows you owe tax for 2015 and that is why they reduced your refund----or at least that is why you think they reduced your refund. Did you prepare a 2015 return and just not pay? Did you even send in a 2015 tax return? What other tax returns (if any) have you filed since then?
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