If this was for your 2017 property taxes, you'd just subtract it from your property taxes paid in 2017 to reduce your deduction.
But since this is a 2016 refund from your real estate taxes, it would be reported only if you itemized in 2016 and claimed real estate taxes as a deduction, and got a tax benefit from claiming the deduction.
If all of it is taxable, report it as Other Income on Line 21 of your 1040.
- First, go
to Federal and
select Wages and Income.
- Scroll
down to Less Common Income
- Choose
the last item, Miscellaneous Income
- On Let's Work on Any Miscellaneous Income choose
the last selection, Other reportable income.
SuperUser rjs gives a great explanation of this somewhat common situation>
https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/5189493
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