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Yes the taxable amount of SS is on line 6b.   They usually say they changed your return for SS but it usually is because they lowered some other income on your return.   You need to check all the lines 1-10 and see what else they changed.  You can log into your IRS account and should see all the changes.  

"I paid for payout to be put into the bank..."   You did not pay any extra fee to have a direct deposit.   If you paid a "refund processing fee" that fee was to have your TurboTax fees deducted from your federal refund instead of paying your fees upfront using a credit or debit card.  There is never an extra fee for direct deposit.   The refund processing fee went to the third party bank that received your refund from the IRS, extracted your TT fees to send to TT, took the $40 for itself ($45 in CA) and sent you the rest----either as a direct deposit or as a check mailed to the address on your tax return.  The third party bank may have mailed a check to you if there was a problem with the direct deposit information you entered.

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!  NO where does it say that you will need TWO pins!  Why isn't the IP-PIN on the same page as the usual PIN.  I have spent so much time trying to get these taxes filed and FINALLY, you helped me.   Turbo Tax is not what it used to be......I've probably used it for 20 years and this year has been the worst.  Not sure I'll get it next year.  Any suggestions of others?   Again, THANK YOU!  and Happy Easter!  

I assumed they lowered line 6b, but they just said the lowered the taxable amount of SS because of an error in computation of the taxable amount , they did not say line 6b. That's the only place I see SS amounts.  

No.   You paid for the use of tax preparation software.   And you received your income tax refund.   If the IRS chose to send you a check instead of a direct deposit, that was due to a decision made by the IRS or due to you entering wrong banking information and having to receive a check instead of a direct deposit.     From the IRS: If you got a paper check instead of direct deposit, it’s because: The account is not under your name, your spouse's name or a joint account Your financial institution rejected a direct deposit You requested more than 3 electronic refunds into 1 account