https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/ran-check-and-it-asked-me-to-fill-in-line-5-from-my-2017-1040-a-form-if-i-put-in-zero-my-return-does/01/381892#M158145 That box is state taxes I paid in 2017 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:16:00 GMT mjgower 2019-06-04T01:16:00Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/ran-check-and-it-asked-me-to-fill-in-line-5-from-my-2017-1040-a-form-if-i-put-in-zero-my-return-does/01/381892#M158145 That box is state taxes I paid in 2017 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:16:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/ran-check-and-it-asked-me-to-fill-in-line-5-from-my-2017-1040-a-form-if-i-put-in-zero-my-return-does/01/381892#M158145 mjgower 2019-06-04T01:16:00Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/actually-that-s-2017-schedule-a-not-the-1040a-tax-form/01/381893#M158146 <P>Actually that's 2017 Schedule A, not the 1040A tax form.&nbsp; I presume you received a 2017 state tax refund.&nbsp; As you clearly itemized your 2017 federal deductions, line 5 included all your state tax payments in 2017.&nbsp; Since you got a refund, too much state tax was thereby deducted from your 2017 income.&nbsp; The IRS handles this by having you add the amount of the refund back into your 2018 income.&nbsp; (No, you can't enter only part of your state tax payments on Schedule A so as to match your actual state tax.)&nbsp; Bottom line: put the correct line 5 number in.&nbsp; You really don't want an IRS nastygram complete with penalties and interest for underreporting to arrive in your mailbox.<BR /></P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:16:02 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/actually-that-s-2017-schedule-a-not-the-1040a-tax-form/01/381893#M158146 hbl3973 2019-06-04T01:16:02Z