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February 10, 2021
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My federal refund is 2510,I have to pay 134 in my state tax ,did that come out of my federal I'm getting back???Because it says I'm getting 2376 back?

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My fed refund is 2510 but because I owe 134 for state is that coming out of my federal return

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Employee
February 10, 2021

No you misunderstood.

 

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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DoninGA
Employee
February 10, 2021

Taxes owed can Never be paid from a tax refund, federal or state.  What you are seeing is just an indication of the Net amount you will be receiving.  You owe the state taxes and in the File section of the program in Step 2 you were given options on how to pay the state taxes owed, paying with the federal tax refund was Not one of those options.