No...Never.
You cannot choose to pay your state taxes by auto-directing some of the Fed refund.
You must either get your Fed refund yourself, and pay the state yourself separately...or just pay the state as soon as you can ignoring what the Feds "Might" send you.
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There was a page that showed you the "net" of what the final effect of refund vs. payment was...but that was an Info-only screen to perhaps make you feel better. (Yeah, so many people misinterpret that page, that TTX needs to get rid of it)
i.e. the state will never wait for the Feds to take action and pay them. Sometimes the Feds will decide you are not actually due a refund....so the state won't sit around wondering when they'll get paid. Thus, the auto-direct of some refund to pay the other is NOT allowed . Neither Feds not States want to get into all the eventual finger pointing.
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
