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posted Jul 12, 2020 10:07:45 PM

Why is my refund going down when I am adding Business expense tax deductions? Refund is in green that is refund right?

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Level 15
Jul 12, 2020 10:09:50 PM

One reason, By increasing your deductions and expenses it will decease your income and you may not be getting as many credits as before like the EIC credit. You can't go by the refund monitor until you have entered everything in. Also after you reduce your income to zero there is no more refund to get back. But even though your taxable income goes down and you owe less income tax on it, you still owe SE Self Employment tax if you have a Net Profit.

New Member
Jul 12, 2020 10:12:35 PM

That makes sense. Thank you!