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January 29, 2023
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refund changed between logins

  • January 29, 2023
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Is there something that may have changed in TurboTax between the morning & evening on 1/28/23? I logged back in and my refund amounts (which in my case was a federal amount owed, and a state refund) were significantly different. I'm using the web-based version of TurboTax and am self employed. Thank you!

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January 30, 2023

There have been several updates that have occurred over the past few days.  To verify that the information is accurate, you will need to log in to TurboTax and double-check your entries to verify that entries have not been duplicated.  To do this, you can follow these steps:

 

  1. log in to TurboTax
  2. Click Wages & Income, Click Edit/Review
  3. Review and compare each category with what you previously entered
  4. Click Deductions and Credits
  5. Review and compare each category with what you previously entered
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Hodgeheg1Author
January 30, 2023

Thank you - there are no duplicate entries. Is it possible something got duplicated that I can't see? The change my have occurred when I corrected a 1099 to less than previously entered, but the amount due increased substantially.

January 31, 2023

The refund tracker is meant to track your refund in real time as you make changes to your return.  It is only really accurate once you have finished entering all of the information into the return.  

 

There isn't any way to know why it changed so dramatically for you overnight.  It could have delayed processing your final entry before you closed the program until after you weren't watching it or a change to the forms that were available went through during the night.  

 

The only important question is 'is it accurate right now.'  If it is then you keep moving on.

 

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February 17, 2023

This happened to me as well. Overnight my amount due doubled, and it is not calculating the deductions correctly. TurboTax's best advice was to "restart the whole process"

Hodgeheg1Author
February 17, 2023

What's making it look like the deductions aren't being calculated properly?

February 17, 2023

You can check the deductions by previewing your 1040 in TurboTax online. Follow these steps to preview your 1040, and double check the entries made have not been duplicated:

 

  1. Click Tax Tools on the left side panel
  2. Click Tools
  3. Click View Tax Summary
  4. On the left side panel, click preview my 1040

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