Every year, every single dollar of my tax return is deducted directly from my return. Why, and is there a way to keep this from happening?

[xmasbaby0]

What do you mean?  Do you mean your tax refund is seized for a debit you owe?  Do you owe back taxes, child support or student loan debt that causes your tax refund to be offset? TurboTax does not get any information about debts you owe.

To see back taxes owed 

https://www.irs.gov/uac/view-your-tax-account

 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

[agemlich8180]

No, there is no debt and no seizure other than what the TurboTax program has in place for savings account interest. If there was $12 of interest, as soon as I enter it my return amount drops by that much. Based on what I've read it's not supposed to work that way. That's why this is a question and an issue. 

[VolvoGirl]

Still don't understand what you are saying.  You mean when you finish entering all your income the refund keeps dropping?  You should not look at the refund until you are done. I once added $6 in interest and the tax went up $12! It pushed me into the next tax bracket. I was right at the line.