KathrynG3
Expert Alumni

State tax filing

It depends on whether you will pay tax on your refund. But, the Ohio PERS Refund distribution would not necessarily impact the refund.

 

Enter your state refund as received if asked. If you are continuing with TurboTax from a prior year and you are entering details in the account with the same Username and password, TurboTax will handle the taxability of your state refund

 

It depends if you took the standard deduction or the itemized deduction. Only if you itemized your deductions, will the refund be reported as taxable on the federal return.

 

Most states begin with Federal Adjusted Gross Income. Therefore, the taxable portion of the refund, if applicable, will be captured.

 

Please see this Ohio PERS website regarding the taxability of your refund. You may be subject to tax if you did roll it over to another qualified retirement plan. The tax charged is based on where you lived when you received the distribution. 

 

If you moved in 2019, you will need to file two state tax returns