topic Re: refund changed between logins in Self employed

refund changed between logins

Hodgeheg1 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:50:05 GMT

Is there something that may have changed in TurboTax between the morning & evening on 1/28/23? I logged back in and my refund amounts (which in my case was a federal amount owed, and a state refund) were significantly different. I'm using the web-based version of TurboTax and am self employed. Thank you!

Re: refund changed between logins

BrittanyS — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:20:11 GMT

There have been several updates that have occurred over the past few days. To verify that the information is accurate, you will need to log in to TurboTax and double-check your entries to verify that entries have not been duplicated. To do this, you can follow these steps:

log in to TurboTax
Click Wages & Income, Click Edit/Review
Review and compare each category with what you previously entered
Click Deductions and Credits
Review and compare each category with what you previously entered

Re: refund changed between logins

Hodgeheg1 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:35:47 GMT

Thank you - there are no duplicate entries. Is it possible something got duplicated that I can't see? The change my have occurred when I corrected a 1099 to less than previously entered, but the amount due increased substantially.

Re: refund changed between logins

RobertB4444 — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:32:25 GMT

The refund tracker is meant to track your refund in real time as you make changes to your return. It is only really accurate once you have finished entering all of the information into the return.

There isn't any way to know why it changed so dramatically for you overnight. It could have delayed processing your final entry before you closed the program until after you weren't watching it or a change to the forms that were available went through during the night.

The only important question is 'is it accurate right now.' If it is then you keep moving on.

@Hodgeheg1

Re: refund changed between logins

user111111111111111111 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:25:08 GMT

This happened to me as well. Overnight my amount due doubled, and it is not calculating the deductions correctly. TurboTax's best advice was to "restart the whole process"

Re: refund changed between logins

Hodgeheg1 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:33:27 GMT

What's making it look like the deductions aren't being calculated properly?

Re: refund changed between logins

BrittanyS — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:58:16 GMT

You can check the deductions by previewing your 1040 in TurboTax online. Follow these steps to preview your 1040, and double check the entries made have not been duplicated:

Click Tax Tools on the left side panel
Click Tools
Click View Tax Summary
On the left side panel, click preview my 1040

@Hodgeheg1

Re: refund changed between logins

Hodgeheg1 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:07:48 GMT

There are no duplicate entries, but if I total up income & deductions the self-employment section of Turbotax, I don't end up with the same amount on line 8 of my 1040 - what might account for the discrepancy?

Re: refund changed between logins

BrittanyS — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 21:06:21 GMT

Line 8 of the return is from the Schedule 1 Form. This line reports other additional income that can include income other than self-employment. The Schedule 1 Form includes income such as gambling winnings, prizes, awards, cancellations of debt, jury duty pay, and taxable distributions from an ABLE account.

You can view a copy of the Schedule 1 Form by following the steps I previously provided above.

For additional information on the Schedule 1 Form, see the link below:

Schedule 1 Form

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Re: refund changed between logins

gigabot — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:54:26 GMT

I owe $8K roughly to State - it has been that for weeks of working on my taxes - today I go to reference the number so I can pay the state and that number is now a refund of $44 - WTH? Doesn't seem right to tell me to check and see if an update screwed over my return!

Re: refund changed between logins

gigabot — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:56:05 GMT

Note: the Federal amt has not changed! It is identical to before - so unless Arizona decided to give me a big tax break - something is wrong

Re: refund changed between logins

gigabot — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:59:33 GMT

Now I see what happened - I went to file an extension -but your system led me to believe that I was filing my taxes - so I bailed without contining- now it looks like for some reason you have allocated the payment that I never made! Nice work! How do I undo this?

Re: refund changed between logins

MonikaK1 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:25:22 GMT

Please clarify what type of payments you needed to allocate. Did you mean to make a payment with an extension?

Filing an extension in TurboTax does not cause your return to be filed. We have reported to the developers that customers have expressed concern about the language in the extension section mentioning "return" and it will be revised before next tax season.

In the meantime, did you click the button to Transmit your returns? That is the last step in the File section. If you have already e-filed your returns, don't make any changes until you receive confirmation that your return has been filed and accepted.

If you have not yet transmitted your returns, you can still make changes if you go back to the File section. See this TurboTax help article for more information.

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