To get to this section of the Iowa interview in TurboTax Online:
- Open TurboTax Online
- Select Tax Home in the left pane
- On the Hi, let's keep working on your taxes! screen, select the dropdown on the right side of the State Taxes box, then select Start, Continue, or Review/Edit
- If the You've already got a head start on state taxes screen appears, select Let's get started. Otherwise, in the left pane, select Prepare State
- Proceed through the screens until you come to the Status of your state returns screen
- Select Start, Continue or Edit to the right of Iowa
- Proceed through the state screens until you get to the Prior Year Federal Tax screen
- Enter any federal income taxes paid in 2023 for 2022 or earlier tax years
You can only deduct this amount if you filed an Iowa return in the years for which you paid the federal tax. You can include only the actual federal tax payments made in 2023, but don't include penalties and interest.
