Tax return for 2018

[anm21455]

When I did my taxes I had it set up that what I owed for state would be paid by what was due to me from federal but I got a letter saying that my state wasn't paid.

[TomD8]

Your federal refund can be used to pay your TurboTax fees, but it cannot be used to pay your state taxes.  

[xmasbaby0]

You misunderstood. 

Your state tax due cannot be paid from your federal refund.

It is not possible to pay your state tax due from your federal refund, nor is it possible to pay a federal tax due from a state refund.  The federal and state treasuries are completely separate from each other.  You may have seen a TurboTax summary of your federal and state amounts that confused you into thinking one was “paying” the other.  It is not.  If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website.  You must pay your state tax due using the state’s preferred method of receiving payment.  For most states that will be by making a payment to the state’s own tax website, or by mailing a check or money order.

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