topic Re: Refund less than expected in Deductions & credits

Refund less than expected

keyani5938 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:45:53 GMT

Why is my refund 1100.00 less than its supposed to be

Re: Refund less than expected

Vanessa A — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:52:05 GMT

A couple other reasons your refund may be $1,100 less than you were expecting are:

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.

Re: Refund less than expected

SweetieJean — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:33:22 GMT

The IRS does not notify TT, but it might be related to the stimulus and/or Child Tax Credit. As indicated above, you will be getting a letter.

Re: Refund less than expected

Sheila25 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:54:52 GMT

Yes all I'm trying to do is find my stimulus check because I've been getting emails from the government and unemployment

Re: Refund less than expected

Vanessa A — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:22:01 GMT

Clarification...What part of the government is emailing you? The IRS will not email you.

What does unemployment have to do with your stimulus? Did you have an unemployment overpayment that you are supposed to pay back?

If your refund was changed to remove the stimulus, this is because 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.

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.
The Recovery Rebate is ONLY for those who did not get the Third Stimulus Payment.