After you file

@Barbs511 - in every single case posted on these boards where the IRS adjusted the refund, it has to do with either the Recovery Rebate Credit (stimulus), which is on Line 30 of Form 1040 or the Child Tax Credit on Line 28.

 

During the interview process, Turbo Tax asked you to enter how much you received for each of these credits.  if what you entered did not match what the IRS sent you, the IRS adjusted your tax return to match its records.

 

I can walk you through the math if you post back a few asnwers to these questions:

 

1) what is on Line 30 of your tax return?

2) what is on Line 28 of your tax return

3) what is the EXACT amount of the change (what was the exact refund you were expecting and what was the exact amount the IRS now says you owe)?

 

let's begin there and based on your responses, and one additional iterations of posts, I can explain what happened...