I made a duplicate payment on my state taxes. What’s the fastest way to have the overpayment returned to me?

Usually the feds or state will recognise the overpayment and refund it automatically in a couple of weeks ... otherwise you will need to contact your state to see what you need to do to get the excess payment returned.

I did the same thing for the same reason.

So did I....filing electronically and then sending a paper check to them.

Although it seems like common sense that since I filed electronically last year and got a refund directly deposited that this year's payment would get debited directly from the same account.

I don't think turbotax made it clear that if I filed electronically in the prior year that I should not send a paper check if I owe money.

So I could stop the check but what if they try to process it?

Could I get a penalty for sending them a stopped check?

So hopefully they'll refund it as an overpayment, or I could claim it as an overpayment next year.

I hope they don't consider it a donation! 😕

As Critter said above, the state is likely to refund the excess...but you can call them to be sure.