Why does it say I have to send a check for state taxes owed when turbo tax took it out of the federal taxes on here?

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June 6, 2019
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xmasbaby0

Level 15

Your state tax due cannot be paid from your federal refund.

It is not possible to pay your state tax due from your federal refund, nor is it possible to pay a federal tax due from a state refund. The federal and state treasuries are completely separate from each other. You may have seen a TurboTax summary of your federal and state amounts that confused you into thinking one was “paying” the other. It is not. If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website. 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.

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Texas Roger

Level 15

TurboTax did not and can not pay your state taxes from your federal refund. The only thing that TurboTax may have paid from your federal refund would have been the TurboTax fees. You must arrange to pay your state taxes separately.