If you have received a New York STAR credit check in 2025, it is considered a refund of property taxes. If you did not itemize deductions on your 2024 federal return, you generally do not have to report the 2025 STAR check as taxable income on your federal return, even if you itemize in 2025. This is because it is not a recovery of a previously deducted amount.
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