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CatinaT1
CatinaT1
Level 15
January 31, 2020

Without looking at your return it is impossible to know why.

 

These are the most common things that effect your refund or balance due:

  • Change in Filing Status;
  • Change in dependents claimed;
  • No longer have a child, under age 17, to claim the Child Tax Credit
  • The amount of federal and/or state withholding;
  • Income based credits, such as the Earned Income credit;
  • Tax bracket changes
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flogreg2
Level 2
March 6, 2020

I compared the last 5 years and the only difference is total tax.  My income has not changed or my tax bracket which is low

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BillM223
Level 15
March 6, 2020

It is not possible that the only difference is total tax. The rules of arithmetic alone make that impossible.

 

Tell us the following for the last 5 years:

 

1. What was your Adjusted Gross Income (line 11b in 2019)?

2. What was the tax (line 12a in 2019)?

3. What was your total tax (line 16 in 2019)?

4. What were the refundable credits (line 18e in 2019)?

5. What were your total payments (line 19 in 2019)?

 

Somewhere in your answers will point to the missing $2,000.

 

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