@mrjffwilhelm - let's get beyond the emotion and figure out what occured.
Most EVERYONE complaining on these boards has one of these two issues and it relates to Line 28 and Line 30 of your Form 1040. Please take our your tax return and review what is on these two lines.
1) Did you receive your 3rd stimulus back last March - May, 2021? If yes, Line 30 should be zero. Many failed to enter what they had already received when prompted by TT, which inflated Line 30. The IRS is correcting that before issuing the refund (which has the impact of lowering the refund)
2) did you receive advance child tax credits last July - Dec, 2021? if yes, Line 28 was to be reduced by the amount already received. Many failed to enter what they already received when prompted by TT, which inflated Line 28. The IRS is correcting that before issueing the refund (which has the impact of lowering the refund)
in both situations, the IRS is checking your tax return against their records of what they sent you during 2021. if there is a discrepancy, the IRS is reducing the refunds to match their records.
does that help?
