For Several years the state has decided to correct my federal return and charge me a lot of money In state taxes on a small amount of self employment.How can they do this

[ericaashley810]

I make roughly 16k in self employment and every year state has come back saying I am not owed a refund but instead I owe them 400-600$. They claim to adjust my federal tax every year and my agi. How is this? My returns are fairly simple and not real complex with a lot of deductions or anything. I have 2 dependents one is a child under 16 one a disabled child over 16

[Mike9241]

We can't see your returns, so we can not be sure of what is happening. You seem to be saying that the state is increasing your Federal AGI by your SE income. That would seem to suggest either you are not reporting your SE income for Federal (but then the IRS would also adjust your taxes), or there is an issue when your federal AGI or income details are transferred to your state return. It might help if we knew the state. You should compare what's reported as AGI for Federal vs state. This is also a possibility that there is something else that could be causing this. For example, municipal interest reported in the federal section would not be in your Federal AGI but would be an add-back for state, but TurboTax should do this automatically if properly reported.