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Why isn’t federal refund lowered by the amount I owe the state return?

 
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Why isn’t federal refund lowered by the amount I owe the state return?

You cannot automatically pay a state balance due with the federal refund, its just not an option....now that you have your federal refund, you can pay your state balance due, via mailing a check with a payment voucher or electronically on your states website.

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Why isn’t federal refund lowered by the amount I owe the state return?

You cannot automatically pay a state balance due with the federal refund, its just not an option....now that you have your federal refund, you can pay your state balance due, via mailing a check with a payment voucher or electronically on your states website.

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥Lisa♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

Why isn’t federal refund lowered by the amount I owe the state return?


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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