Tax refunds from 2021-2023 way smaller than usual - anyone else seeing this?

This is actually pretty normal. The reduced refunds are likely due to tax law changes and the expiration of pandemic-era credits. The Child Tax Credit went back to its pre-pandemic amount, and many stimulus-related deductions ended. If your withholdings stayed the same, you were probably getting more in your regular paychecks instead of a big refund.

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same boat here. got like 60% less than last year smh

check ur w4 withholdings maybe? could be ur not having enough taken out during the year

Its because all the pandemic benefits expired. No more extra child tax credit, no stimulus, no increased earned income credit. Back to the stone age basically 🤡

smaller refund = more money in ur regular checks. personally id rather have it that way then let the govt hold onto my $ all year