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After I put in both my W-2 forms the federal refund changed completely, how?

I added my first W-2 form and then I added the second one and when I added the first W-2 form the amount I would receive back is more than when I added both my W-2 forms
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After I put in both my W-2 forms the federal refund changed completely, how?

That is not unusual.  There are many reasons that could result in such a situation; and since this is a public forum you do not want to post your personal information.

Each W-2 is processed as if it were the only income you had; thus until you enter ALL W-2s your input data is incomplete and hence incorrect.

Make sure you entered the information CORRECTLY and did not mis-type any numbers

The 'monitor' is only a guide (marketing hype).  It is generally meaningless until you have entered ALL of your information since the calculations are inter-related.


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