<prompt> Human: 23, California, just graduated college last year with 40k in school loans. Made only around 13.7k last year.I tried to do my own taxes this year to save money but I cant help but think Im fucking up. My taxes areor should be very simple since I just have a w-2 and the forms from my school loans. However, I was stumped when turbotax said I owed the state 53 which was strange because Ive NEVER owed the state before and nothing much has really changed for me from 2011 to 2012.I took my taxes to Jackson Hewitt at Walmart and was told the state actually owes me 44. However, the woman was nice enough to ask me if I wanted to continue because JH charged 46. I told her Id try to figure it out on my own so Im trying again with turbotax but am getting the same results. Obviously Im missing something but Im not sure what! Are there common creditsdeductions I should get but am not entering? Assistant: I ended up going to Jackson Hewitt again. When I did my taxes on Turbotax, I filed my federal ones and got back 604. It said I owed 53 in state taxes and I knew it couldnt be right.I went back to Jackson Hewitt and had them amend my federal and file my state. JH said I shouldve gotten 1500 back from my federal and that the state owes me 48. Obviously I was thrilledfrustrated. I asked what I couldve done wrong and the woman said I mightve not entered in enough information regarding my education credit.Thanks everyone for the replies!  <response>: Did you forget to claim the American Opportunity Credit for school when you were using Turbotax? Assuming you didnt owe some huge amount of taxes which Im guessing you didnt, thats probably where your thousand dollar federal refund discrepancy came from. 