How can I apply my state refund to next year?

[xmasbaby0]

@karinm1971 It makes sense.   There are plenty of people who know that their tax situation for the upcoming year will be different, and they expect to owe tax for the next time instead of receiving a refund.  So they choose to put some or even all of their current refund toward the tax they will owe for the next year.  Line 36 of a Form 1040 is where the IRS lets you enter the amount of a current refund amount that you want to apply toward the next year's tax.

[karinm1971]

Oh you're right. I thought that the reply was referring to retroactively doing that, which makes no sense. (Been spending too much time doing weird past years' taxes!)

Karin