BillM223
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State tax filing

Line 34 is included in line 36. It is treated as if it were a tax payment.

 

If line 36 is smaller than your kicker, this means that you would have owed tax had you not gotten the kicker.

 

You are not guaranteed to get the kicker as a refund of you still owe tax above. Since the kicker is treated like a tax payment, you won't get any refund at all unless everything that goes into line 36 exceeds the tax due on line 29.

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