This is my first time having any issues with taxes. We adopted our daughter last year, so I did the adoption credit, but TurboTax showed my refund as $8725 and IRS adjusted to $3925. $4800 less, which appears to be the child tax credit for my 3 kids. I'm having a hard time deciphering what the deal is. It appears to be the order the IRS is applying the credits in, but they appear to not be doing it in the correct order according to the IRM. Can you advice?
