It sounds like you are in the wrong section to enter the 1099-G for a state refund. To enter your staterefund, reported to you on Form 1099-G, please follow these steps:Click on Federal Taxes > Wages & Income [In TT Self-Employed: Personal > Personal Income > I'll choose what I work on]. In the Other Common Income section, click on the Start/Update box next Refunds Received for State/Local Tax Return. [See Screenshot #1, below.] On the screen, Did You Get a State or Local Tax Refund Last Year? click the Yes box.If you used TurboTax to prepare your 2015 return, you may see a screen, Your 2015 State and Local Tax Refunds. Click the appropriate box and then click Continue. [Screenshot #2]If you don’t see the screen mentioned in step 4, you will see a screen, Tell us about your refund. Enter the information from your 1099-G. Click Continue. [Screenshot #3]

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srashby

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I'm not sure how to answer the question "What type of grant did you receive on your 1099-G. It was just our state tax return, but that's not a choice in list of answers.

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June 6, 2019
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Irene2805

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It sounds like you are in the wrong section to enter the 1099-G for a state refund. To enter your state refund, reported to you on Form 1099-G, please follow these steps:

Click on Federal Taxes > Wages & Income [In TT Self-Employed: Personal > Personal Income > I'll choose what I work on].
In the Other Common Income section, click on the Start/Update box next Refunds Received for State/Local Tax Return. [See Screenshot #1, below.]
On the screen, Did You Get a State or Local Tax Refund Last Year? click the Yes box.
If you used TurboTax to prepare your 2015 return, you may see a screen, Your 2015 State and Local Tax Refunds. Click the appropriate box and then click Continue. [Screenshot #2]
If you don’t see the screen mentioned in step 4, you will see a screen, Tell us about your refund. Enter the information from your 1099-G. Click Continue. [Screenshot #3]