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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
The federal tax refund can never be used to pay state taxes owed. You are just seeing a math issue on the TurboTax website trying to show the total money you will be receiving. It in no way indicates the state taxes will be paid from the federal refund.
‎February 20, 2026
10:43 AM