2019 Iowa State Tax wrong?

[Godoggo]

Not much has changed from last year, made a little more, paid a little more in Iowa, but somehow I owe over $1000 this year to the state of Iowa, when I received a refund last year.  Is there an issue with the tax software this year?  Why such a drastic change?  We rarely have to pay in at the end of the year.

[SteamTrain · Accepted solution]

Hard to know...print out your tax forms,a dn compare them to last year's forms, line-by-line to see if you mis-entered something critical.

Like mis-entering some income amount in the state section of a W-2 form, or missing a digit on a W-2's state withholding box so the withholding was too low.   Any line that is off-kilter in 2019 vs the same thing in 2018

[Godoggo]

Thanks for the tip!  It was actually a filing status thing that was way to hard to find and fix in the program, but I finally did!  It made all the difference.  Your tip helped me find it though.