I had finished adding all of my w-2's, it told me it was done and then after I went back and added another w-2 and then it went down to 837. why would that happen?

[Ashby]

It is likely the W-2 you added did not have as large a percentage of withholding.

When you add income, more of your money is getting taxed at potentially higher rates. So, if you add a W-2 (income), you're refund amount can come down.

[VolvoGirl]

That's common.  It just looks that way because you put them in as separate W2s and saw the tax due change in between them. If it all was on one W2 you would get the same answer. And each job was withholding like it was your only job.

Because you only get one standard deduction no matter how many W2s you put in. Turbo Tax starts out by giving you the Standard Deduction.  You entered more income when you entered the second W2 but you didn't enter more deductions.  And each job only withheld taxes like it was your only job for the year.  You might want to adjust your withholding.  Also as you add more income you might not be getting as many credits as before like the EIC credit.  And it was probably giving you the EIC credit until you went over.

See, https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2273878-why-did-my-refund-drop-when-i-entered-another-w-2

When you first start your return in Turbo Tax, we’ve already applied the Standard Deduction which means many people will see an artificially high refund after entering that first W-2.