I am trying to input state income tax payments so that (a) the correct amount is shown/deducted for Federal purposes and (b) the correct amount is shown for estimated payments made to the state. Example is as follows (Illustrative #)
2025 Payments
Jan -500 (estimated payment for 2024)
April - 300 (amount paid - balance of tax due for 2024)
April/June/September - $1500 (Q1-Q3 estimated payments for 2025 taxes
Jan 2026 - $1500 (Q4 payment)
In the Federal section I show the four payments in 2025 ($500 in Jan 4500 in April/June Sept) plus the $300 payment so that is $5,300 which is the amount of state income tax paid in 2025 for Federal.
However the state tax carries forward the $5300 as I did not input the $1500 Jan 2026 payment, but for 2026 estimated taxes are $6000 not the $5300. So TurboTax is carrying forward the $5300 (as input) but there is nowhere I can see to show that my actual 2025 estimated payments were $6000. If I input the Jan 2026 payment it is showing that paid in 2025, and included in my state tax paid, which is incorrect for Federal
