Refund was 400$ less than i was told it would be

[SweetieJean · Accepted solution]

One possibility why your deposited amount is less than your expected refund is that you used the Refund Processing Service to pay your TurboTax Online fees. If so, your TurboTax fee plus the additional processing fee of $34.99 ($39.99 in California) plus state sales tax is deducted from your Federal tax refund.

Another possibility is that your refund was reduced by the government, either to correct an error or through a refund offset. The IRS Where's My Refund tool will let you know if your refund have been offset.

You'll get an explanatory letter from the government if your refund differs from what was on your filed return.

Federal and state refunds are sent separately, each on its own timetable, so you may have gotten one but not the other.

[Charlesordway]

Imagine having excuses for ripping people off you did not earn that money TurboTax these people did there their refunds are there’s  and you were stealing it

[Charlesordway]

If its 400 dollars less that means turbo tax charged you 400 dollars for service there in mutiple class action lawsuit stealing peoples refunds

[SweetieJean]

@Charlesordway You are posting on a very old thread. However, it appears that I originally misread the original poster's question as being $40 short, not $400.