After filing with TurboTax I couldn’t find any confirmation that my state taxes would be paid through TurboTax so I sent a check to the state. A week later a second payment was taken through TurboTax. How do I receive a return of the overpayment?
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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.
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