You misunderstood. The ONLY thing that could be paid from your FEDERAL refund was your TurboTax fees. Your federal refund cannot be used to pay your state tax due. If you chose to pay your TurboTax fees from your federal refund (as shown on several screens and the consent form you signed) the refund processing fee is $39.99.
It is not possible to pay your state tax due from your federal refund, nor is it possible to pay a federal tax due from a state refund. The federal and state treasuries are completely separate from each other. You may have seen a summary of your federal and state amounts that confused you into thinking one was “paying” the other. It is not. If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website. You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.
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