You can use these steps to get to that section of the Iowa state return.
- Log into your account and click Take me to my return
- Click State to the left and Continue
- Click Edit next to Iowa on Status of your state returns screen
- Continue through until you are on the You’ve Finished Your Iowa Return screen
- Then click Update next to Adjustments there
- This should take you to screen titled State Adjustments to Federal Income and you continue through answering questions until you see the Enter Your Federal Tax Info screen
- The first box should be Federal Income Tax Refund received in 2017 for tax years from 2016 or prior years and you'll enter information there
Per Iowa’s Department of Revenue:
"Federal Income Tax Refund
- If you received a federal income tax refund, you must report the amount on line 27 of the IA 1040. It must be reported even if you used the standard deduction on the prior year's Iowa return. The federal refund must be included on this line because you benefited from being able to deduct federal taxes on the prior year's Iowa return, which reduced your Iowa taxable income for that year. The amount reported on line 27 of the IA 1040 should not exceed the total amount of any federal tax deduction taken on the prior year(s) Iowa return."
