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Electronic Funds Withdrawal (Direct Debit)Drake Software User’s ManualDirect Deposit of State or City RefundTo have a state or city refund deposited into an account, select the state abbreviationfrom the State/City selection field for the account. If this field is left blank, no staterefund will be deposited into the account.Figure 5-47: State/City selection drop listMultipleStateRefundsIf the taxpayer receives refunds for more than one state or city return and wants tohave refunds deposited into separate accounts, indicate this on the DD screen bychoosing a code from the State/City selection drop list for that account ((Figure 5-47).To have the refunds from all eligible state returns deposited into one account, select Afrom the State/City selection drop list.GA, MERefundsGeorgia and Maine have unique requirements for direct deposit. Note the fields at thebottom of the DD screen if e-filing a return for one of these states.Electronic Funds Withdrawal (Direct Debit)Screen code: PMTUse the PMT screen, accessible from the General tab, to indicate that the balance duefunds are to be electronically withdrawn (direct-debited) from the taxpayer’s account.Program Defaults and OverridesRequired InformationBy default, the program indicates that the entire balance due (the “Amount You Owe”section of Form 1040) is to be electronically withdrawn on the return due date, unlessotherwise indicated using the override fields for each account entered. (See Federaloverride fields in Figure 5-48.) If the return is e-filed on or before April 15, therequested payment date cannot be later than April 15. If the return is transmitted afterApril 15, the requested payment date cannot be later than the current date.A Withdrawal selection (item #1 in Figure 5-48) is required if the program is todirect tax authorities to electronically withdraw funds from the taxpayer’s account.136 Tax Year 2008