I have been using TT for over 20 years. My deductions/refunds etc are about the same every year. I didn't qualify for any stimulis checks, unemployment, I have no garnishments, back taxes , fees etc.
My taxes are simliar to the past years. I submitted my TT online. The amt of refund on my form is differnt than what the Iform the RS recieved. I just spoke with IRS and they don't know why the copy I have of TT is higher refund than the copy they have. I have never rece ived any letters regarding the difference.
Any ideas?
Did you enter ALL of the stimulus money that you had already received correctly in the recovery rebate credit section when you prepared your 2020 return? The IRS cross checks and if you did not enter all of the money you received, they recalculate your refund.
MY REFUND WAS LESS THAN I EXPECTED
There can be a number of reasons why your refund was less than the amount you expected. First of all, look carefully at your actual tax returns. There is sometimes confusion about the amount of refund to expect when users misinterpret the “summary” they saw in TurboTax. The amount of your refund is on your tax return. Federal refund is on line 34 on Form 1040 State tax forms are all different so we cannot tell you what line to look at on your state form. BUT it is important to actually LOOK at your tax return forms yourself and see the amounts of your tax refunds and/or tax due. A lot of confusion would be avoided by doing that.
TurboTax does not receive feedback from the IRS regarding money that was offset from your refund. If you owed back taxes, child support, student loan debt, etc. you will receive a letter of explanation from the IRS in several weeks. The WMR site will contain a message regarding your offset. It is also possible that the IRS caught a mistake you made and reduced your refund.
A possible reason for the reduction could be that the recovery rebate credit was completed incorrectly and you may have entered the amount of stimulus already received wrong, which could have reduced the refund you thought you were seeing.
It is also possible that your state reduced your refund for debts owed in your state—if the state reduced your state refund you will receive a letter from the state.
https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts
IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107
Be aware also that your Federal refund and state refund do NOT come together. Federal and state tax returns are processed by two completely separate entities. There is no rule as to which one will come first,
Did you choose to have TT fees deducted from your Federal refund? (Remember that if you did that, you also agreed to an extra refund processing fee of $39.99)
How can I see my TurboTax fees?
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2565973-how-do-i-review-my-fees-in-turbotax-online
https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts
https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/what-is-a-refund-offset/00/26301
Reduced Refund https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc203
NOTE: You can contact the IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107 to ask if they have an offset for you on file. TurboTax would not have that information.
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/who-can-garnish-an-income-tax-refund/L7cPPzDyc
Line 34 on my tax form is $516 less than the copy the IRS said they recieved from TT.
I have no debt, offset, I don't owe for past taxes and I didn't put anything toward next tax year, etc. There is no reason for it to be less than what I submitted.
I was not eligible for stimulus, unemployement, etc.
My taxes are the same every year. IRS has not record as to why TT submitted form that was $516 less. I have not received any letters of explaination.
Please advise.
If you opened your return AFTER the IRS had accepted the original then it is possible that a program update happened so the return would have been recalculated in the TT program. If you saved a PDF of the originally filed return or get a transcript of the return the IRS has you can compare the original to what the program now shows to see what changed.