I did not claim unemployment I received this year completely by accident. (Have never received it and honestly was going too fastDo I need to amend to add income in NC?

Yes you will need to amend at least for NC at this time since they did not conform to the new federal tax law excluding 10,200 of unemployment from taxable income. 

 

If your unemployment benefits were over 10,200 you may need to amend your federal return as well.  However, you should wait on that one for an IRS notification.  They may catch that missing income and notify you.

 

At this point you can amend your state return only without amending your FED return until necessary.  

 

Sign in to your TurboTax account.  Select the "Add a state" option.  This will allow you back in to your return without amending the Federal.  Go to the state interview and find the "other tax situations" section and "Edit."  "Start" the "Amend" topic.

 

 

So I only need to do state ?? Or both ??   I’m so confused.  I want to do it now.  I already got the refund and I don’t want to owe the irs.  Thank you for your help.  I paid for the delux turbo tax package so can 

they not help me at all ? 

I already received the money.   I can’t believe they even accepted it.  I’ve never gotten unemployment so I just went right over that question not paying attention about other income.   I never got an email from NC unemployment that I needed to check my account for the 1099 like other people ive talked to received.  

If your unemployment benefits received in 2020 was 10,200 or under you do not need to amend your Federal return.  It was not taxable on your return, assuming you maid under $150,000 total income.    

 

If the unemployment income was over 10,200 then you will need to amend your federal return to include the income as some of it will be taxable.  

 

To amend your federal and state you will select the "Amend" option when signing in to your account.  Follow the prompts to complete the amendments. 

 

To only amend your state you will select the "Add a state" option when signing in to your account.  Go to the state interview and find the "other tax situations" section and "Edit."  "Start" the "Amend" topic. Enter in the requested information from your original return and follow the prompts to complete the amendment.  

 

Part of the amending steps will direct you to go to the federal interview Unemployment 1099G topic and put in the missing income. Once done you will go back to state interview to complete the amending process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The easiest thing to do is amend both to add the unemployment ... if nothing changes on the federal then just don't file it.   But doing it this way will simplify the amending of the state return.