You enter the unemployment compensation on your federal tax return. The federal tax data flows to the state tax return. If your state taxes unemployment compensation it will be included on your state tax return. If your state does not tax unemployment compensation it will not be included on your state tax return.
To enter unemployment compensation
Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
Under Unemployment
On Unemployment and Paid Family Leave, click the start or update button
Or enter unemployment in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to unemployment
