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refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:16:00 GMT

My refund which I havent filed yet is coming in over 25,000. That doesnt seem to be right. Im single with no kids

Re: refund too high

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:42:31 GMT

Have you checked for the obvious possibilities like extra zeros in your amounts entered or misplaced decimal points? Those are the usual suspects for a result like the one you have. Check all of the amounts you entered especially from boxes 2 and 17 of your W-2's.

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:07:10 GMT

Yes, I copied and pasted everything, that way I knew it wouldn't be incorrect. I will check again

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:10:45 GMT

These are the numbers in box 17

1129.19

89.53

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:12:42 GMT

Im sorry this is in box 17 for 1st w2 1778.05

and this is the 2nd 1129.19

89.53

Re: refund too high

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:12:48 GMT

Clearly you have a user error somewhere. Did you check your entries for box 2?

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:14:39 GMT

box 2 for 1st w2 5545.49

box 2 for 2nd w2 3781.95

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:17:05 GMT

Lets just say I put it thru and the irs confirms everything, it should be ok right?

Re: refund too high

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:27:25 GMT

Okay---no kids----so no child-related credits. Single----so possibly only $1400 for recovery rebate credit. Less than $10K withheld for federal tax between your two W-2's, and about $1200 withheld from your state. No chance you are getting a $25,000 income tax refund. And you filed it without asking questions first?

Expect your return to go under review and take longer to be processed.

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:22:08 GMT

no I didnt put it through yet. Im not crazy lol.

Re: refund too high

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:25:24 GMT

Good---do not file that. Print it out and look it over very very carefully. You have a big mistake someplace. You need to find the mistake and fix it before you file.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/can-i-print-a-copy-of-my-turbotax-online-return-before-i-file-it/00/26244

To call TurboTax customer support

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899263-what-is-the-turbotax-phone-number

Customer support is available from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time daily

Re: refund too high

chosenv — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:33:09 GMT

Thank you so much for responding you have been a great help

Re: refund too high

drshrinker — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:42:27 GMT

I'm only partway through the process, but I've got concerns, as well. Right now I've entered self-employed income of 125,000 and a few thousand in deductions. I haven't entered my wife's income yet (a simple W-2), nor have I entered most of my deductions or any of my estimated tax payments. Right now, with 125k income and about 5k in deductions, TurboTax is predicting a $30,000 tax return.

$30,000 even though, as far as TT knows, not a single cent of tax has been paid! How is this possible?

Re: refund too high

VolvoGirl — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:47:31 GMT

Are you sure that's not the tax due? Are you using the Online version or the Desktop program? Look at the tax return. Check each line.

For Online....Before filing, You can preview the 1040 or print the whole return

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/accessing/help/how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing/00/26160

For Desktop switch to Forms mode and open the 1040.

Re: refund too high

drshrinker — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:24:35 GMT

Reply to myself (and OP) -

Since I was only partway through the process, I stopped, deleted my return, uninstalled Turbo Tax, restarted the computer and reinstalled. Starting a brand-new return and it's working properly now. Instead of a $30k refund it's now showing a $26k tax due (I haven't entered deductions or estimated taxes yet).

Before doing all that, I had double-checked every 1099 and everything looked correct. There is definitely a bug in Turbo Tax this year!

Re: refund too high

CatinaT1 — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:51:18 GMT

Please call TurboTax Customer service.  Here is a link:  Turbo Tax Customer Service