Why can’t I file for my Michigan tax refund?

If you are entitled to a state refund, you will receive it less any possible garnishments.*

If you are not seeing the state refund listed in the top ribbon of TurboTax to the right of the Federal Refund/Tax Due, then I suspect the State interview has not been completed.

To verify everything has been entered into TurboTax, go to the left navigation pane>click State>Let's get your state taxes done right Continue>Satus of your state returns Click Edit Next to Michigan. 

Run back through the questions and run the State Review when you are finished. If there is anything that needs to be fixed, TurboTax will list those areas and guide you through fixing them.

Michigan MI-1040 Instructions for Individual Income Tax: "A Note About Debts" page 3

By law, any money you owe to the State and other state agencies must be deducted from your refund or credit before it is issued. Debts include money you owe for past-due taxes, student loans, child support due to the Friend of the Court, an IRS levy, money due to a state agency, a court-ordered garnishment, or other court orders. Taxpayers who are married filing jointly may receive an Income Allocation for Non-Obligated Spouse (Form 743) after the return is filed. Completing and filing this form may limit the portion of the refund that can be applied to a debt. If Treasury applies all or part of your refund to any of these debts, you will receive a letter of explanation.