KrisD15
Expert Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Just because you itemized last year does not mean the refund is taxable income. 

It is a complicated formula, but basically figures what you claimed as a "taxes paid deduction" and how that affected your return compared to if you had taken the Standard Deduction. 

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