If your refund decreased when you entered your Roth IRA
contributions, that probably indicates that you have exceeded the contribution limit for Roth IRAs based on your income
and the contribution is being taxed as an excess contribution.
Go back through the section of your return where you entered
the Roth contributions and be sure to go through each screen. TurboTax will indicate if you have an excess
contribution that needs to be removed.
To read more, take a look at Roth
IRA Contributions for 2017.
