Schmergenheimer t1_ja02iri wrote on February 25, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Did something in your withholding situation change? Or did something change in your income but you didn't fill out a new VA4?

yesiambear OP t1_ja06r58 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 9:24 PM

No, everything was steady. That's the confusing part.

glboisvert t1_ja0dleq wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:12 PM

Did you itemize your deductions this year? VA requires you to take the state standard deduction if you took the federal standard deduction, but the state standard deduction is very small. If you itemized this year, that might have increased your deductions by $10k+ over the standard deduction and led to a higher refund.

RVAblues t1_ja0gz34 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:37 PM

The state standard deduction went up a lot this year.

glboisvert t1_ja0i9j9 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:46 PM

I missed that, thanks! The increase in the standard deduction alone would decrease OP's taxes by $371 if OP is filing as a married couple - that could explain a good portion of the increase.

yesiambear OP t1_ja1amrv wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:25 AM

That definitely seems to jive with the way we filed. I appreciate everyone's comments! Glad to know I didn't make some typo. Just always trying to avoid that audit

yesiambear OP t1_ja0fkvk wrote on February 25, 2023 at 10:27 PM

Nah, we always do the standard. That is interesting to know though!