State tax filing

It depends upon the type of state income tax paid.

If the payments were from the withholdings on the wages from your W-2 Form, you can follow the steps below to be sure you have entered them correctly.  Make sure the correct state for withholdings is entered as reported on your W-2 Form.

To review or edit your W-2 information, go to the Federal section of the program. 

1. Select Income & Expenses
2. Select Job (W-2)
3. Click Edit/Add to the right of the Job (W-2) 
4. Proceed to enter your information as prompted
5. When you get to the state input section in boxes 15-17, be sure to enter your correct state in this section.

If you made estimated tax payments, you can review your input as follows to ensure it pulls through into your state return.

You can enter your payments in the federal section of the program. 

1. Select Deductions & Credits 
2. Scroll down through All Tax Breaks and select Estimates and Other Taxes Paid 
3. Select Estimated Tax Payments 
4. Select State estimated taxes for 2020
5. Select Yes to indicate you did pay estimates for 2020
6. Proceed to enter your payments as applicable