WHY IS M FEDERAL REFUND LOWER THAN MY STATE?

rrhill2007 — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:22:12 GMT

Re: WHY IS M FEDERAL REFUND LOWER THAN MY STATE?

Mike9241 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:57:08 GMT

we can't see your return or documents so have no way of knowing. You can print out the returns and compare them to 2023 line for line to see what is happening.

Re: WHY IS M FEDERAL REFUND LOWER THAN MY STATE?

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:03:26 GMT

We cannot see your screen, your return or your account. Have you entered ALL of your 2024 information? All your income, etc.? Many tax documents that you need do not arrive until late January or even February, so maybe you do not have it all there yet.

There are a lot of variables that affect your refund or tax due including how much you earned, how much tax you had withheld, your filing status, the number of dependents you claim, your deductions and credits, etc. You may have lost Earned Income Credit or the Child Tax Credit— did a child turn 17? If you received the EIC last year, remember that changes in the amount you earn have a big effect on the amount of EIC you can get. (Sometimes earning more money means less EIC) Are you 65 or older ? If so, your standard deduction is higher. Everyone has a higher standard deduction now so it is harder to use itemized deductions.

And of course, always check your own data entries, looking for errors such as misplaced decimals or extra zeros.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-refund/refund-go-compared-last-year/L97JmhUbi_US_en_US?uid=ld9ijm41

Print out 2023 and 2024 and compare them side by side to see what is different.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/video-why-would-i-owe-federal-taxes/L3VXudPiN

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/why-did-my-refund-go-down-compared-to-last-year-s/00/25993

Re: WHY IS M FEDERAL REFUND LOWER THAN MY STATE?

VolvoGirl — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:22:09 GMT

Federal and state are completely separate. You can owe on one and get a refund on the other and the opposite the next year. One thing can be how much withholding you had taken out for each one. But you should compare each one line by line to 2023 and see what changed.

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