topic My last years refund was kept by the IRS to pay taxes they said I owed. So I put my refund amount in the spot saying my refund went to pay taxes for 2017. Is that right? in After you file https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/my-last-years-refund-was-kept-by-the-irs-to-pay-taxes-they-said-i-owed-so-i-put-my-refund-amount-in/01/724626#M142025 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:27:43 GMT thelms22 2019-06-06T15:27:43Z My last years refund was kept by the IRS to pay taxes they said I owed. So I put my refund amount in the spot saying my refund went to pay taxes for 2017. Is that right? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/my-last-years-refund-was-kept-by-the-irs-to-pay-taxes-they-said-i-owed-so-i-put-my-refund-amount-in/01/724626#M142025 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:27:43 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/my-last-years-refund-was-kept-by-the-irs-to-pay-taxes-they-said-i-owed-so-i-put-my-refund-amount-in/01/724626#M142025 thelms22 2019-06-06T15:27:43Z No...paying off what you owed for prior years is not the... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/no-paying-off-what-you-owed-for-prior-years-is-not-the/01/724629#M142026 <P>No...paying off what you owed for prior years is not the same thing.</P><P>Indicating it is used for 2017 taxes is only to be used if they "would have" returned the entire amount to you had you elected to receive a check....but you indicated at that time to roll the refund into your 2017 taxes instead</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:27:44 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/no-paying-off-what-you-owed-for-prior-years-is-not-the/01/724629#M142026 SteamTrain 2019-06-06T15:27:44Z