Line 27 and Line 30 of the State and Local Income Tax Refund Worksheet are blank when I believe they should have a figure there that will impact my taxable income. The purpose of this worksheet is to determine whether your State Income Tax Refund should be counted as income. I itemized my deductions last year and claimed the full amount of State income taxes withheld. Since I got a refund of some of that State income tax, this worksheet looks to see if that refund would have impacted my total tax owed had I not claimed it, and if so, then the amount of the refund that would have impacted your tax owed gets counted as income this year, so they can tax it. On line 27 of the worksheet, it is supposed to recompute your tax before credits and line 30 recomputes the tax after credits assuming you only claimed the actual State income tax owed instead of the full amount withheld. Then it compares whether the State tax that you claimed last year that got refunded had an impact on your taxes last year or not, and if so, how much, so you know how much you need to count as income this year. In years past, those lines 27 and 30 were filled out by TurboTax. This year, the form is filled out, but those lines 27 and 30 are blank. I read through the 1040 instructions on the IRS's website, and I think I've properly calculated the figures that belong there, and it has a significant effect on this year's return. Am I the only one having this problem? Is there an easier way to get to someone at TurboTax who can help other than waiting through the hold time in the general queue?
