topic I paid interest penalty due to not enough state income taxes withheld during the year is it an expense which can be deducted from my federal tax filing for 2016 and ? in State tax filing https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/discussion/i-paid-interest-penalty-due-to-not-enough-state-income-taxes-withheld-during-the-year-is-it-an/01/655608#M30679 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:07:57 GMT pvt1940 2019-06-06T09:07:57Z I paid interest penalty due to not enough state income taxes withheld during the year is it an expense which can be deducted from my federal tax filing for 2016 and ? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/discussion/i-paid-interest-penalty-due-to-not-enough-state-income-taxes-withheld-during-the-year-is-it-an/01/655608#M30679 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:07:57 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/discussion/i-paid-interest-penalty-due-to-not-enough-state-income-taxes-withheld-during-the-year-is-it-an/01/655608#M30679 pvt1940 2019-06-06T09:07:57Z No, you cannot deduct an interest penalty.  You cannot de... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/discussion/no-you-cannot-deduct-an-interest-penalty-you-cannot-de/01/655616#M30682 <P><B>No</B>, you cannot deduct an interest penalty. &nbsp;Y<B>ou</B>&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;<B>deduct interest you</B>&nbsp;pay to the IRS or another&nbsp;<B>tax</B>&nbsp;agency for not paying all or part of&nbsp;<B>your tax</B>&nbsp;liability or not filing a return.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:07:58 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/discussion/no-you-cannot-deduct-an-interest-penalty-you-cannot-de/01/655616#M30682 Patrice 2019-06-06T09:07:58Z