Owing taxes

[shery-adams1]

My 2023 Illinois State tax return said that I owed the state $24 and I can't get anyone to tell me why or how I owed this to them considering I've never owed anything on any of my previous tax returns. Thank you.

[xmasbaby0]

No one can see your tax return.   The usual reason for owing state tax is that you did not have enough state tax withheld from your paychecks during the year.

Double check all the of amounts you entered for state income and state tax withheld from boxes 16 and 17 of your W-2's and make sure you do not have any mistakes.

 Print out 2022 and 2023 state returns, put them side by side and compare them to see what is different.