@Carl: I've got 2018 listed (and answered "no itemization" to that question for that year) ... listed and answered that way because that section automatically comes up when you answer "yes" to the question "“Did you have any of these types of income,” below which is listed as an example “--state and local tax refunds received in 2019.”
Then after clicking on the “Add another State or Local Tax Refund," I added the year for which I did itemize. When I clicked the button to add the tax-year refunds in which I did not itemize, they were treated as taxable, so I deleted them and left only 2018 (for which it was already recorded as not itemized) and the 2016 year (for which it was treated as itemized). I had already figured out by hand how much the IRS was due or not due and the TT final amount ended up being the same when only 2018 and 2016 were entered.
I understand that the state issues 1099-Gs only for refunds when there is itemization in the tax-year ( and sends a copy of it to the IRS). I am hoping that that is true and that I receive only one 1099-G, which means that the IRS will have only a record of one 1099-G, too. (I'm going to e-mail my state revenue cabinet to check that out.)
