topic The refund options don't give the option to apply refund to estimated taxes. how do i doe that? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

The refund options don't give the option to apply refund to estimated taxes. how do i doe that?

Wrigleyville18 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:52:45 GMT

Re: The refund options don't give the option to apply refund to estimated taxes. how do i doe that?

MinhT1 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:29:04 GMT

You can apply your 2025 tax refund to next year's tax by following these steps:

In TurboTax Online, open your tax return
Click on Federal in the left-hand column, then Other Tax Situations
Continue until you arrive at the page titled Do any of these uncommon situations apply to you?
On the question Do you want to apply your refund to next year's return? Click on Yes, we want to
On the Uncommon tax situations page, click Start next to Apply refund to next year
You can then enter the amount of this year's refund to apply to net year's taxes

Re: The refund options don't give the option to apply refund to estimated taxes. how do i doe that?

Wrigleyville18 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:58:27 GMT

Thanks! Is there a similar way to get the North Carolina refund applied to NC estimated tax? I didn't see it off hand.

Re: The refund options don't give the option to apply refund to estimated taxes. how do i doe that?

LaShaunA3 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:31:47 GMT

Yes, you can apply your NC state refund to NC estimated taxes.

Log in to your account.
Select State Taxes.
Revisit NC return, continue until you get to the screen Additional Tax Situations
Scroll down to Prepare Estimated Tax Vouchers

Here you can set up estimated tax payments for the following tax year. Once you complete that section, it'll ask if you want to apply an overpayment for this year to next year's estimated taxes.