topic Earlier in the month when I was working on my taxes, my tax return was over $10K, now that I've gone back in it's only $4K. What happened? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/earlier-in-the-month-when-i-was-working-on-my-taxes-my-tax-return-was-over-10k-now-that-i-ve-gone/01/702627#M67180 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:30:00 GMT frass 2019-06-06T13:30:00Z Earlier in the month when I was working on my taxes, my tax return was over $10K, now that I've gone back in it's only $4K. What happened? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/earlier-in-the-month-when-i-was-working-on-my-taxes-my-tax-return-was-over-10k-now-that-i-ve-gone/01/702627#M67180 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:30:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/earlier-in-the-month-when-i-was-working-on-my-taxes-my-tax-return-was-over-10k-now-that-i-ve-gone/01/702627#M67180 frass 2019-06-06T13:30:00Z There were likely programming updates in the meantime.  T... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/there-were-likely-programming-updates-in-the-meantime-t/01/702632#M67181 <P>There were likely programming updates in the meantime.&nbsp; The refund number is not accurate until you have completely finished.</P><P>I suspect what you saw earlier were "Tax Breaks" of&nbsp; a Personal Exemption ($4,050) plus the Standard Deduction ($6,350 for Single) = $10,400. Those are subtractions from income before the taxes are calculated, not tax credits or a refund.</P><P> <A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901539-how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901539-how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing</A> <BR /> </P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:30:03 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/there-were-likely-programming-updates-in-the-meantime-t/01/702632#M67181 SweetieJean 2019-06-06T13:30:03Z