Filing Electronically

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February 20, 2025
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The on-line filing is telling me I have to file paper Federal and state just because I had extra state tax taken out to cover taxes. Why?

LindaS5247

Level 14

Yes, when your state or local withholding is in excess of 50% of your W-2 wages, you won't be able to e-file your returns.

The state will confirm the amounts withheld using an actual (paper) copy of the your Form W-2, rather than just accepting what you manually entered in an e-filed return.

This extra verification process is used to stop people from claiming more state withholding on an e-filed return than what was actually withheld.

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grigonis Author

Level 2

So I should file my Federal Return by paper now and when should I file my state? Once my Federal has been accepted?

ThomasM125

Level 15

You can file them both at the same time. The only reason you would want to file the federal first would be if you are unsure that it will be accepted for some reason, in which case you could change it and resubmit it without having to amend your state return. But if there is nothing unusual about it, you can file both of them at the same time, it won't affect how they are processed.

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