Tax Topic 151 means your return is under review.
It is possible that the IRS may release the portion of your refund that does not apply to the issue that is under review. It is hard to know without seeing the tax return.
If the review is a dependency of your step son or an Earned Income Credit for the step son, sometimes those features make up the total of the refund.
Hopefully, the IRS will contact you by letter within 4 weeks. Please respond to them within the time frame recommended in the letter.
If you purchased Audit Defense, you should contact them first. They should be able to assist you with an effective response to the IRS letter.
Please refer to the link below for our Audit Support Center. This is free even if you did not purchase Audit Defense. In addition to using our self-help tools, you can call and talk to a tax expert to assist you in more detail on how to respond. However, TurboTax experts and employees cannot represent you in front of the IRS.
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