Why was my state refund a lot less than what you show on my return I filed with Turbotax?

[adriana8]

According to Turbo Tax I should have received a refund of $331 from Georgia.  Instead, they only refunded me $17.  It has been 4 weeks and no letter of explanation had been received. How do I find out why this took place?  I have used Turbo Tax for years and this has never happened.  Makes we wonder if there is a bug in this year's GA state tax program. 

[bobfeller · Accepted solution]

I am in Michigan but have had this happen to my family members. It's usually because there is some kind of income that was either not reported or under-reported but the state received the 1099 directly. You can always call and ask them, though I don't know how responsive Georgia tax is. Michigan does pick up the phone.

[MayaD]

Georgia law allows other agencies to use individual income tax refunds to pay outstanding obligations.

Your state refund may be offset (applied) to a liability (debt) with the IRS, another state agency, or the Department of Revenue.

For more information check: GA Department of Revenue. 

[adriana8]

It was a good thing I called GA Dept of Revenue ([phone number removed]).  They had misapplied one estimated tax payment and another one still showed up as pending even though they had cashed the checks.  They are refunding me the additional $314.