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My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

alorenz6360 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:54:45 GMT

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

VolvoGirl — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:37:37 GMT

For refund or a tax due? Check all your W2 boxes 16 & 17. And any 1099 for state withholding.

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

alorenz6360 — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:40:18 GMT

I should have a refund of about $20 but TurboTax shows my refund as $176,553. Totally out of the ball park. Rechecking boxes 16 and 17 though....

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

VolvoGirl — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:41:40 GMT

You probably entered too much withholding. Like left the decimal point out. Don't enter the cents.

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

SweetieJean — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:57:36 GMT

It's also possible that you entered too little income, so check those figures as well.

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

alorenz6360 — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:02:48 GMT

I'm starting over and just uploading my W-2. See if that fixes things! I shouldn't have a State refund of more than $20 or so. Thank you so very much for your help!

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

VolvoGirl — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:05:57 GMT

It's just as fast and easy to manually enter a W2. And the import might come in wrong. You could have manually entered it in the time it took trying to import it and posting this question.

Don't try to import it. At the bottom pick Change How I enter my Form

Then on the next screen pick I'll Type it in Myself

To add a W2 just type w2 (small W) in the search box at the top of your return and click on Jump To the W2

OR To Add a W2 enter it under

Federal Taxes on the left side

Wages & Income

Then Wages and Salaries- Click the Start or Update button

Then if you are married you should have 2 buttons...Add w-2 for (taxpayer name) and Add w-2 for (spouse name). Click on the correct button to add a W-2.

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be about $20 but is shown as $176,553

alorenz6360 — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:18:26 GMT

Thank you so very much for everyone's help! I did start over and uploaded my W-2. Everything looks correct now, with a State refund of only $36 (whew). One difference with uploading was in the codes for Box 14. With the V codes, the dropdown had to be Code U,V,W,X,Y,Z. Otherwise no differences. Thank you again everyone! Stellar suggestions and quick help. 😀

Re: My federal tax return is correct but my state tax return is very, very wrong. It should be ab...

AmyC — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:19:44 GMT

@VolvoGirl is correct. Easy to enter and easy to have a wrong number. Always double check every entry for uploaded items. It sounds like the withholding amount was very wrong! When entering manually, it is easier to round to the nearest dollar to avoid that decimal. The IRS requires all fields rounded to the nearest dollar and the program does it for you but you certainly can round and avoid some trouble.