topic NY State return in State tax filing

NY State return

joeymarf — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:57:40 GMT

I received a letter from NYS Tax and Finance stating that I owed $2014 for unpaid taxes. Line 75 of IT-201 was filled out saying that I had already paid the state estimated taxes. I didn't realize this until I was about to submit my return and Turbo tax asked me what state I paid my taxes to. I put NY in and my taxes went down to $3724.00 that I owed. My question is, who filled in that line to begin with. I was never prompted for it. I was prepared to pay the NY State $5738, but only paid $3724 and am now penalized. I called them and they explained my mistake, but I am now questioning Turbo Tax as to why this happened. They are forgiving my penalty and late fee, so all is good. Just wondering what happened. Thank you

Re: NY State return

Critter-3 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:56:11 GMT

Did you have a NY refund the year before ? If so you may have accidentally indicated that you applied that refunded amount to the next tax year so the amount was applied to the return incorrectly.

Re: NY State return

joeymarf — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:03:47 GMT

It was the exact amount of what I got back from NY in 2018. Now, I wonder how it got entered into line 75 on 2019 return. Did Turbo tax ask for it? I don't see anywhere that it may have made me enter it. Thanks for your quick reply.