After you file

@josy_uwu      First----check on the IRS refund site to see what the IRS shows as the refund issued to you.   When the IRS reduces your refund, it takes several weeks from the time you receive your refund to the time you receive a letter in the mail from them explaining the change.   But you can sometimes see information on the refund site that will at least tell you if the change came from the IRS.

 

You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount  (line 35a of your 2023 Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:   

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

 

 

If the IRS reduced your refund, then your issue is with the IRS.   If the IRS did not reduce your refund, but the amount you received is less than the IRS says they sent, then your next suspect may be the third party bank that handles refund processing----IF---you chose to pay your TurboTax fees from your refund.

 

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