AmyC
Expert Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Yes, you can get a refund. Since you repaid more than $3,000, you can use the method where you claim a credit, IRC 1341. It can be complicated depending on how many years were affected. These are the steps:

 

  1. Figure your 2020 tax as normal, without deducting the repaid amount.
  2. Locate prior year taxes that are now incorrect. Note the amount of tax liability.
  3. Refigure your tax from the earlier year(s) subtracting the income that you have repaid.
  4. Subtract the difference in tax liability for each year.
  5. Add all the differences together for your 2020 credit allowed. This could give you a refund.
  6. Please see example and full details in my other post.

 

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