If you are preparing a 2021 tax return all of your unemployment is taxable on your federal return.
You will have to enter a 1099G that is issued by your state.
Some states will mail out the 1099G. Or you might need to go to your state’s unemployment website and use the password, etc. that you have been using to certify for weekly benefits to get your 1099G from the state’s site.
Enter your 1099G in Federal>Wages & Income>Unemployment
Go through the screens very carefully, making sure to enter any federal/state tax you had withheld from the unemployment.
If you are preparing a 2020 return, the software is programmed for the exclusion of federal tax on the first $10,200 of the unemployment you received in 2020. You do not have to "do" anything except enter the unemployment and let the software do the calculations for you.
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