TaxSlayer vs TurboTax showing $715 difference in refund - which is correct?
I entered the exact same info on both TaxSlayer and TurboTax and theres a $715 difference in my refund estimate. TaxSlayer shows more. Both have all my W2s and 1099s entered correctly. Im so confused about which one is right and why theres such a big difference. Anyone else run into this?
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Ethan Brown
Tax pro here - this usually happens when one software catches credits/deductions the other misses. I'd recommend going through each section side by side to spot the difference. Common culprits: education credits, child tax credit calculations, or earned income credit variations.
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CosmicCrusader
•omg thank you! Just checked and TurboTax somehow missed my American Opportunity Credit 🤦♀️
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Ethan Brown
•Glad you found it! This happens more often than you'd think. Each software has different question flows that can lead to different outcomes.
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Yuki Yamamoto
Hey instead of playing detective between different tax softwares, you should try taxr.ai - it analyzes your transcript and tells you exactly what credits and deductions you qualify for. Its only $4.99 and totally worth it. https://taxr.ai
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Carmen Ortiz
•Does it actually work? Seems too good to be true tbh
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Yuki Yamamoto
•100% works! It caught a $2300 credit I missed last year. The AI is crazy good at finding stuff humans miss
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Andre Rousseau
•How long does the analysis take?
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Yuki Yamamoto
•Like 2 minutes tops. You just upload your transcript and it does everything automatically 💯
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Zoe Papadakis
lol welcome to the wonderful world of tax software roulette 🎰 I always use 2-3 different ones before filing just to make sure im not leaving money on the table
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Jamal Carter
Same thing happened to me last year! Turned out TurboTax was the wrong one. Double check everything especially if you have any education expenses or kids
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AstroAdventurer
•fr fr TurboTax be playing games sometimes 🤡
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Mei Liu
its literally impossible for normal people to do taxes right anymore. the system is broken af
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Liam O'Sullivan
•preach 🙌
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Amara Chukwu
Print out the full forms from both and compare line by line. Tedious but thats the only way to be 100% sure
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