After you file

First double check to make sure that the amounts you entered from your W-2 were entered correctly.   Check boxes 16 and 17.   Make sure you did not add a zero or misplace a decimal point.   The usual reason for owing state tax is not having enough tax withheld from your paychecks, so if that is what happened you will want to change that with your employer for the upcoming year.

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