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My federal tax refund was reduced by the IRS. They are wrong. I want to know what I can do to fix this?

williamjw62 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:19:35 GMT

I did not claim any dependents, I filed single and I did not make over $72,000

Re: My federal tax refund was reduced by the IRS. They are wrong. I want to know what I can do to fix this?

broderj — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:51:20 GMT

Just go straight to their facebook and start posting. It was the only way i could actually contact anybody. https://www.facebook.com/turbotax/posts/[phone number removed]58724?comment_id=[phone number removed]78724&notif_id=[phone number removed]1202&notif_t=feed_comment&ref=notif

Re: My federal tax refund was reduced by the IRS. They are wrong. I want to know what I can do to...

Vanessa A — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:12:30 GMT

You should receive a letter from the IRS telling you why your refund amount was changed. The most common reasons so far this season for someone that is single is:

You did not enter that you received the stimulus payment in TurboTax, so your return said you were getting the money back, but the IRS caught it and said, no, you already received it. This is a payment you can only receive one time. So if you got it before, they will reduce your refund by that amount.
- If you look at line 30 of your 1040 and it shows an amount there, and you already received the $1,400 per person last year when they sent out the stimulus payments, this is likely the reason.
- If you do not remember getting the stimulus payments you can go back through your back records to double check. Many people either didn't realize they did receive it or they forgot, but end up seeing it when they go back through their records.

A couple other reasons include

You owed back taxes, child support, student loans or something else that caused your refund to be Offset to pay some of the past due debt. You should have received a letter if this was the case.
Something was not reported correctly on your return and the IRS recalculated your return causing you not to have a refund. This could include things such as missing income or inaccurately reported income (ex. you entered $5,500 for your W2 box 1 instead of $15,500)

You should look for a letter from the IRS and if you do not have one or do not receive one, you would need to call the IRS at 800-829-1040 as no one else would have the answer as to why your refund was reduced.

@williamjw62

Re: My federal tax refund was reduced by the IRS. They are wrong. I want to know what I can do to...

broderj — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:21:08 GMT

Naw, sorry. You are completely incorrect. I made sure to check our stimulus and enter it correctly, which doesn add up to the amount we ourselves were shorted. Also, never had back taxes, federal debt, student loans, kids outside of my one. Not to mention, i can drop screen shots her of your own people saying that there is a problem with TT and that cheese bank ya'll used.