PA state Refund

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
March 23, 2026
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Why would my state credits for 2025 be more then what is listed on my W2's. I come up with a zero refund and turbo tax is stating a refund of $944.00. It makes no sense to me. What am I missing?

Karis_F

Level 7

Credits for federal and state tax returns can be refundable or nonrefundable. Nonrefundable credits can only reduce your tax due to zero, while refundable credits can give you a refund after your tax due is zero.

It may be that even though your Pennsylvania W-2 tax withholding covered your PA tax liability, you have a PA refundable credit that is giving you a refund.

If you are in TurboTax Online, you can go to Tax Tools>Tools>View Tax Summary and look at the PA Tax Summary where you can see tax credits.

In TurboTax Desktop, you can go to Forms Mode and look at the PA-40 tax return. Credits are on lines 22 and 23.

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