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To enter state income taxes paid - Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business) Click on Deductions and Credits Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown) Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid On Income Taxes Paid, click on the start or update button   On the next screen scroll down to Other Income Taxes Paid in 2025

If you are asking if your state refund can be used to pay your federal tax due---no.   Federal and state returns are processed by completely separate entities.    You have to pay your federal tax due yourself.     The “summary” given to you by TurboTax must have confused you.  That summary just nets out the difference between a refund you are getting and an amount you owe.   Or it adds two refunds or tax “due” amounts together.     The federal and state treasuries are completely separate from each other.     Your state tax due cannot be paid from a federal refund.   And….your federal tax due cannot be paid from a state refund.     Neither refund can be used to pay the amount due to the other one.   If you owe tax due, you have to pay it yourself by the filing deadline on April 15, 2026.      If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website.    https://www.irs.gov/payments   https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-your-taxes-by-debit-or-credit-card    https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212     https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-do-i-pay-my-irs-tax-due-with-a-check-or-money-order/00/26403      To apply for a payment plan with the IRS   Apply Online for a Payment Plan     You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0   WHAT IF I CANNOT PAY MY TAX DUE? https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-payments/pay-taxes/L8aQBCpPO_US_en_US?uid=m9iryksw  

You said: "It depends: If both of these are true,"  but then there was a bunch of stuff above that wherein it was not possible to infer the conditions.  So I'm not sure what exactly you're referring to as the criteria for needing an 8453.  If you could clarify, then I'd know what to do.

MY STATE REFUND WAS LESS THAN I EXPECTED The state will send you a letter explaining the change.  TurboTax does not get any feedback from your state after your return is accepted, so no one at TT knows why your state refund was less.   Did you owe back taxes, child support, or student loans?  Traffic fines, etc.?     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

If you receive the 'import successful' message, if you Continue, you'll start the import process again.  Click into the Income section to check 'Import Summary'.  If no data has imported, the import-ready documents may not yet be ready.  Make sure you have 'third party access' enabled in your broker account settings.   @donnab68 

That is actually an option in the FILE section.   You can choose to e-file federal and mail the state.   But you will still have to pay for the software you used to prepare the state return.   It is not free to print it and mail it if you used a paid version of the software to prepare your federal return.

If you have not paid for the online edition you are using, have not filed your tax return or registered the Free edition, then you can clear your return and start over. Click on Switch Products on the lower left side of the program screen while working on the 2025 online tax return. Click on Clear & Start Over

No, your income is reported in the year you received it.    Social Security benefits are treated on a cash-basis, taxable when received.   The only social security benefits you have to enter into TurboTax are the benefits that get reported to you on Form SSA-1099.   If you do not get that form, you do not enter the benefits on your tax return.