PA state Refund

[strayli]

Why would my state credits for 2025 be more then what is listed on my W2's. I come up with a zero refund and turbo tax is stating a refund of $944.00. It makes no sense to me. What am I missing?

[Karis_F]

Credits for federal and state tax returns can be refundable or nonrefundable. Nonrefundable credits can only reduce your tax due to zero, while refundable credits can give you a refund after your tax due is zero.

It may be that even though your Pennsylvania W-2 tax withholding covered your PA tax liability, you have a PA refundable credit that is giving you a refund. 

If you are in TurboTax Online, you can go to Tax Tools>Tools>View Tax Summary and look at the PA Tax Summary where you can see tax credits.

In TurboTax Desktop, you can go to Forms Mode and look at the PA-40 tax return. Credits are on lines 22 and 23.