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When I click file my tax will they pay my state tax I owe out of my federal tax?

NO.

 

 

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. The ONLY thing you can pay for from a federal refund is your TurboTax fees if you chose that option.  

 

 If you have federal tax due you can pay by mailing your payment with the 1040V voucher, (which has the address printed on it, having the payment taken out of a designated bank account, or you can pay directly on the IRS website. 

 

https://www.irs.gov/payments/direct-pay 

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-can-i-pay-my-federal-taxes/00/26212

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-payments/help/how-do-i-pay-my-irs-tax-due-with-a-check-or-mone... 

 

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.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900884-what-are-my-options-for-getting-my-state-refund-or-for-pay...

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901670-how-do-i-contact-my-state-department-of-revenue

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

When I click file my tax will they pay my state tax I owe out of my federal tax?

No, taxes owed can Never be paid from a tax refund, federal or state.

 

In the File section of the program on Step 2, when taxes are owed, you were given options on how to pay the taxes owed, paying with a refund was Not one of those options.  You could not have filed your tax return without choosing how to pay the taxes owed.  What did you choose?

When I click file my tax will they pay my state tax I owe out of my federal tax?

No.  Your state taxes due cannot be taken out of your federal refund.  You must pay them separately.  In TurboTax you will enter your payment methods separately for state and for federal.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.

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