I have already filed and received the first part of my return from H&R Block, but I see that TurboTax is saying I am owed more than twice as much back.
Is this just some kind of clever marketing? There's no way there would be that much of a discrepancy, right? Should I try to amend my taxes?
Filing my Tax Return – Why is TurboTax offering me more in my return than H&R Block?
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Posted by Weird-Tangerine-9344
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One of them is correct and one of them is not.
Your tax return is a math problem with one answer.
You’d have to review the output of each one line by line to find the error.
>Is this just some kind of clever marketing?
No, your tax return is how you solve the math problem of your tax liability, compare that with your payments, and then determine if you receive a refund or need to pay. If you provide the same correct information, any software will come to the same correct answer (barring that you’ve discovered a bug in the software, but it’s much more likely that you’ve made a mistake in entering your data).
Compare the filed return to the draft return from TurboTax line by line, and figure out where they are different. That will help you identify what data entry you need to review.