topic do i have to file federal with turbo to get them to file my state in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

do i have to file federal with turbo to get them to file my state

jasonmcculler13 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:57:14 GMT

Re: do i have to file federal with turbo to get them to file my state

xmasbaby0 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:59:15 GMT

Yes. When you use TurboTax, the information flows from the federal return to the state return. You cannot prepare a "stand alone" state return. You must e-file a federal return using TurboTax in order to e-file a state return using TT.

Re: do i have to file federal with turbo to get them to file my state

DoninGA — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:59:45 GMT

Yes, the information from the federal tax return flows to the state tax return.

The TurboTax state program is not a stand-alone program.

Re: do i have to file federal with turbo to get them to file my state

VolvoGirl — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:02:59 GMT

First of all, You can only efile state if you first efiled federal from the same account or program and federal was accepted.

If you didn't use Turbo Tax to do your federal return, you would first have to fill out a federal return (don't file it) to match the real return you did file and you would have to pay for federal for it to flow into the state return. Then you would have to pay for state and mail the state return.
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