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I had state taxes owed taken out twice - once deducted from my federal income tax return and again from my savings bank account. How do I fix this?

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June 3, 2019
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TurboTax Deluxe Online

Employee

Your state tax owed was not and could not be deducted from your federal refund. That is impossible. Only your TurboTax fees could be deducted from your federal refund if you chose that option. If you chose to have TT fees deducted then there was also a refund processing fee of $39.99 ($44.99 in CA) in addition to the fees for the use of the TT software.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2565973-how-do-i-review-my-fees-in-turbotax-online

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.

**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.**

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afraser_5

This is most certainly the case for me too. I owed state taxes and it was deducted from my federal then at the end of filing my tax, it asked me how do I want to pay for my state. Why is this happening and what can I do?

VolvoGirl

Employee

No, you misunderstood. That's not possible. You might have had the Turbo Tax fees deducted from your refund.

The state tax can not be deducted from the federal refund. NEVER. You can only have the Turbo Tax fees deducted. You will still get the full federal refund minus any fees you had deducted. Turbo Tax just shows you a screen at the end showing the Net amount of federal and state combined. But it is just for your own info. You do still have to pay the state yourself separately. See,

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/help/can-i-pay-my-state-taxes-from-my-federal-refund/00/26288

Check the printout or PDF of your return; look for the state cover sheet with the Turbotax logo. If you owed tax, it will show the payment information and how/when you decided to pay. Read the state payment instructions carefully since most states cannot be paid from within the TT system and requires additional steps.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/what-are-my-options-for-getting-my-state-refund-or-for-paying-any-state-taxes-i-owe/00/25954

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Acole1996

Hey, just popping in.

So, I can verify that this happened to me as well. My federal and state return was for over nine hundred. At the end of my filing, since I owed taxes, i opted in for them to be immediately deducted from my tax return so i would not have to pay anything. When I received my tax return, the amount I received was the exact amount left over AFTER my taxes were taken out. For example, my return was 900. My taxes owed 500. When I got my return, it was only for 400, which means they took out the 500. They took another 500 out of my account yesterday even though it was already paid. So yes, this is happening

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xmasbaby0

Employee

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-money-order/00/26403

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-paying-any-state-taxes-i-owe

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

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Acole1996

Yea, see thats not true. Because my full refund was nine hundred. My taxes owed 500. When I received my tax refund, I only received what was left AFTER taxes were paid. So, your knowledge is skewed. Because they took my taxes twice.

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mslagle

I paid the state taxes already but it took it out again, how do I get my money back.

Cass0317

You will get a refund from your State for the extra payment. If you don't get it in a month or so, I would call your state directly. See the link below on how to contact your state if needed:

How do I contact my state Department of Revenue?

@mslagle

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Bp001

Every time I use tubo tax I run into senseless issues. I was trying to finish my return today and paid the BS turbo tax fee and my state return with my credit card. I continued to file my federal return and before I could check out turbo tax is asking me how I want to pay my state tax which I JUST DID. Then I try to use the help option and have someone call me who has NO IDEA how to help me and all I could hear were chickens screaming in the back ground. So now I can't finish my return because tubo tax has royally screwed me and I'm stuck because it's asking me to pay a second state tax to which I already have and then I can't speak to anyone to help me. This is SUCH GARBAGE.

CassLO

If you accidentally paid twice, you should be able to contact your State directly and request that they refund the excess amount to you. You may be asked to write a letter or fill out a form.

Often a state will refund an excess payment automatically when they process your return, but sometimes it gets treated as an estimated payment for the next year.

"KittyM Level 2"

To contact your State directly, please see the links below:

How do I contact my state Department of Revenue?

@Bp001

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Bp001

If you read the post I didn’t put twice. Not the issue. Good talk bud.

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ajgibs

I am worried this same thing is going to happen to me. I just filed and I allocated for my state taxes owed ($60) to be paid from my total refund amount and and the end the $60 was deducted from my total refund amount. I was then asked for my bank information and the date for the IRS to take the $60 out of my account. If the amount I owe was deducted from my refund amount will they still take it out of my account or will the $60 be added back to my refund?

DoninGA

Employee

@ajgibs wrote:

I am worried this same thing is going to happen to me. I just filed and I allocated for my state taxes owed ($60) to be paid from my total refund amount and and the end the $60 was deducted from my total refund amount. I was then asked for my bank information and the date for the IRS to take the $60 out of my account. If the amount I owe was deducted from my refund amount will they still take it out of my account or will the $60 be added back to my refund?

State taxes owed can Never be paid from a federal tax refund. You can have the TurboTax account fees paid from the federal tax refund, but nothing else.

If you have state taxes owed then you need to pay those taxes.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

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-paying-any-state-taxes-i-owe

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

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Gredeker

I filed my state and federal taxes. It says i owe money for federal taxes but I am receiving money for state taxes. At the end it deducted the exact amount that I owe from my State taxes. Please explain this. I know you cannot automatically pay federal taxes with state taxes, and Vice versa. I don’t want to finish filing until i understand why the EXACT amount is being taken out.

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xmasbaby0

Employee

The summary shown to you by TurboTax nets out the difference between the refund and tax owed. That does not mean----and never means----that a refund is being used to pay a tax due amount.

For the amount you owe to the IRS on your federal return, please look at your Form 1040, line 37.

PREVIEW 1040

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901539-how-do-i-preview-my-turbotax-online-return-before-filing

Click on Tax Tools on the left side of the screen. Click on Tools. Click on View Tax Summary. Click on Preview my 1040 on the left side of the screen.

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Killianslaw22

It's funny they say that this is not possible and yet I see all these replies that say it happened to them well I can confirm that it happened to me my federal tax refund shows I am receiving back exactly $833 less than what it was filed for and shows the $833 due to the state of California coincidentally and my bank account just told me that the state of California took 833 from my bank account so that would tell me that that's a double payment don't say it can't happen because it's happened to several people