You may have to include the federal relief check in your income if you itemized your deductions in tax year 2021 not what you're going to do on your 2022 income tax return.
Per IRS: Refund of state taxes paid: If the payment is a refund of state taxes paid and either the recipient claimed the standard deduction or itemized their deductions but did not receive a tax benefit (for example, because the $10,000 tax deduction limit applied) the payment is not included in income for federal tax purposes.
Payments from the following states in 2022 fall in this category and will be excluded from income for federal tax purposes unless the recipient received a tax benefit in the year the taxes were deducted.
- Georgia
- Massachusetts
- South Carolina
- Virginia
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