topic I am due a refund this year but I want to apply that amount to the federal taxes I needed to pay for last year. How do I do that? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-am-due-a-refund-this-year-but-i-want-to-apply-that-amount-to-the-federal-taxes-i-needed-to-pay-for/01/704812#M283698 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:42:25 GMT tekamay1 2019-06-06T13:42:25Z I am due a refund this year but I want to apply that amount to the federal taxes I needed to pay for last year. How do I do that? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-am-due-a-refund-this-year-but-i-want-to-apply-that-amount-to-the-federal-taxes-i-needed-to-pay-for/01/704812#M283698 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:42:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/i-am-due-a-refund-this-year-but-i-want-to-apply-that-amount-to-the-federal-taxes-i-needed-to-pay-for/01/704812#M283698 tekamay1 2019-06-06T13:42:25Z It appears that you are saying that you have a balance du... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/it-appears-that-you-are-saying-that-you-have-a-balance-du/01/704820#M283701 <P>It appears that you are saying that you have a balance due with the IRS from last year.&nbsp; If so, the IRS will automatically apply any refund you are owed this year and "offset" it with the amount that you still owe.&nbsp; If the refund amount is greater than the amount that you owe,&nbsp;then they will send you the remainder.&nbsp; You do not need to do anything with this years return to make that happen besides filing your return.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR /></P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:42:27 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/it-appears-that-you-are-saying-that-you-have-a-balance-du/01/704820#M283701 AnthonyC 2019-06-06T13:42:27Z