My payment for turbotax was to be deducted from my tax return, but since I owed state tax, my federal tax went to that. Does this mean I have a balance owed to turbotax?

[pk]

Are you sure ?  Neither TurboTax nor the IRS can use your refund to pay the state.  You pay the state directly.  What am I missing here ?

[xmasbaby0]

You misunderstood.   Only TurboTax fees can be paid from your federal refund--if you made that choice in the FILE section.

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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