Here's how you can enter the repayment in TurboTax Online. You cannot enter it in Free Edition. You have to use Deluxe or Premium. Read these instructions and the TurboTax screens carefully. There are several similar-sounding questions.
Start off as if you were entering unemployment benefits that you received. Go to:
- Federal
- Wages & Income
- Unemployment Government benefits on Form 1099-G
- Unemployment and paid family leave
Answer the questions as follows.
- Did you receive unemployment or paid family leave benefits? - No, I didn't. (If you did receive unemployment benefits in 2024, answer Yes. A few steps later you will enter the unemployment that you received before you get to the place where you enter the repayment.)
- Were you required to repay unemployment benefits (uncommon)? - Yes
- Did you pay back any government unemployment from 2023 or earlier? - No
- Did you pay back any non-government unemployment from 2023 or earlier? - Yes
- Click Continue.
- How much non-government unemployment did you repay?
First, enter any benefits that you received in 2024 and repaid in 2024. - Leave this box blank.
- Next, enter benefits that you received in 2023 or earlier, and repaid in 2024. - Enter the amount that you repaid. The amount that you enter here will go to Schedule 1 line 24e.
- Click Done.
