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Well...TTX puts it on line 71, but it is "based on" the entries you made into the tax return itself.
...if ONE person has W-2 forms from multiple employers, the total of the W-2 box 4 $$ amounts can exceed the yearly maximum SS that the Feds collect on your paychecks.....then the excess is refunded to you on line 71.
BUT that number can be wrong (and TTX cannot know if it is wrong)...IF;
1) You accidentally entered the same W-2 form, twice (or more), such that the box 4 total was exceeded. IF you've done that, you should check line 7 of your 2014 Form 1040 to see if the $$ amount is double, or triple (or more) of box 1 for your entered 2014 W-2 forms (can be a bit higher for a few reasons, but not full multiples of your W-2 box 1 totals)
or, more commonly
2) You are married, and you accidentally entered all the W-2 forms as belonging to yourself, or all belonging to the spouse.....TurboTax does prompt you to select which spouse the W-2 belongs to, and even shows a table of W-2 forms for you to confirm that the W-2 is assigned to the correct spouse, but that doesn't mean that people don't occasionally forge ahead without looking carefully at them.
So you need to re-check all your 2014 tax return data and see whether #1 or #2 applies to your situation. (Download a new copy of your 2014 tax file PDF and look at the supporting W-2 forms.).
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Also, if you have been filing MFJ for a number of years, and ever switched the order of which spouse is listed first on the tax return, then that alone can cause problems if you re-use the empty W-2 forms that transfer from the prior year. If you have ever done that, then next year you should delete all the empty W-2 forms from the prior year and re-enter them from scratch.....and re-check your 2015 data files too in case it happened again
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That large a refund would be highly unusual, and should-have prompted you to be suspicious and ask a lot of questions before actually filing your tax return. Water under the bridge....
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