States take taxes directly, not through the fed, be they part of income tax, fuel taxes, some sales taxes though those may go through a county. I know I always can see the amounts of my paychecks that went directly to my state, and sometimes I get a smaller tax refund directly from the state, though this last year I ended up paying them like $200 by the end of everything. So many taxes and dollars go straight to the state, and don't have to go through the feds at all.