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Thanks for being up late to chat on tt.....but you aren't answering my question. In the original answer to my original post, the person responding mentioned I was ineligible for the exclusion refund if line 16 was 0. 

 

I'm not giving this info as fact, I'm questioning if that is true and wanting to understand why. The info looked like it was being pulled from the turbo tax website. 

So according to you, if I have unemployment compensation I qualify, even if I had federal withholding throughout that compensation?  Maybe for some reason I'm not getting a refund, but I'm trying to find out based on the RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION. There were 4 requirements listed, I'm asking why they mention line 16???!!! Do you know or can you just read what the form reads as the line 16 description? Because I can read that too, I'm looking for actual explanation to that line 16 @0. Deal.