Why would it say I overpaid in 2022?

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What is "it" that says you overpaid in 2022? What exactly does it say? Is it talking about overpaying your federal income tax?

An overpayment of income tax means that the total amount you paid during the year, through withholding and estimated tax payments, was more than the tax you were actually required to pay. You are entitled to a refund of the overpayment. There are some options for what you can do with the overpayment, but most people just take it as a refund.

Are you looking at your 2022 federal tax return? If there is an amount on Form 1040 line 34, that's how much you overpaid. Line 35a is the amount of the overpayment that you took as a refund. Usually lines 34 and 35a are the same.