@Jessicajarratt
Probably a misreading of the information the software provided on one of the summary pages.
There was one page the showed you the "net" $$ amount for both Fed and State, but that was jsut a generalized final effect of your total tax situation......but it didn't mean that the Fed refund was going to pay the state.
A Fed refund can never be re-directed automatically to pay the State....nor the other way around.
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Look at your actual Federal form 1040, Line 35a. that should be your actual federal refund.
(35a might be smaller than line 34 if you let the IRS keep some of your refund as a pre-payment towards 2026 taxes)
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