Will I be fined for filing my federal taxes twice?

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March 7, 2020
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I started filling my federal taxes with Turbo Tax but ran into some issue trying to file my state taxes. The only option I had left was to file by mail for my state taxes but I didn't want to, so I filed my federal taxes with a different company thinking that I'd be able to come back to Turbo Tax and only file my state taxes (the other company does not do multiple state filings). Well, I came back to Turbo Tax and tried to clear everything and start over so that I could only file the state taxes but I couldn't clear it because I've already registered my taxes. So, I gave in and tried to click the option of filing my state taxes by mail, but it wouldn't even allow me to do it for my second state because I've already selected to receive my refund through direct deposit.

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Best answer by xmasbaby0

Well---yes--you have a problem. If you can re-create your federal return in TT EXACTLY as it looked when you filed it from that other place, then you could prepare state returns in TT which you could print, sign and mail. You could say in the FILE section that you plan to mail the federal return--then you do not really have to do that, but you could print out the state returns for mailing.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

Your post is quite confusing--but it is impossible to e-file more than one federal tax return. If you e-filed one federal tax return and it was accepted by the IRS, then any other attempts to e-file are just rejected--they go nowhere. You say you "filed with a different company"---so you cannot file a federal return using TT.

As for using TurboTax to prepare your state return--the information flows from the federal return to the state return in this software. You cannot prepare a "stand alone" state tax return using TT. And....even if you prepared a federal return here, you would not be able to e-file a state return unless the federal return was e-filed successfully from TurboTax and accepted. So you can only print, sign and mail your state return.

You need to check your e-file status and see what you have filed (and what has not been filed)

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/efile-status-lookup/

You can use the IRS site to check on your federal return:

You need your filing status, your Social Security number and the exact amount (line 20 of your Form 1040) of your federal refund to track your Federal refund:

https://www.irs.gov/refunds

To check on your state refunds:

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1899433-how-do-i-track-my-state-refund

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DawnC

Level 15

It doesn't sound like you filed your federal taxes twice unless I am misreading your question. Did you e-file with another provider and then mail a second Form 1040 that you prepared using TurboTax to the IRS?

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alfi1119Author

Level 2

I have only e-filed my federal taxes with another company. That same company won't allow me to file my state taxes because I lived in multiple states during 2019. So I came back to Turbo Tax to try and e-file my state taxes , but it won't allow me to e-file them because of an issue with one of my returns. I tried to file by mail, but it won't give me that option unless I go ahead and file my federal taxes as well... but the whole problem is that I already did file them