https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3783778#M814927 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:42:21 GMT holonetmalp 2026-02-17T20:42:21Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3783778#M814927 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:42:21 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3783778#M814927 holonetmalp 2026-02-17T20:42:21Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3783791#M814928 <P>The 2025 Georgia surplus tax refund (HB 112) is not taxable on your Georgia state income tax return<SPAN>.</SPAN></P> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:45:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3783791#M814928 DoninGA 2026-02-17T20:45:32Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3792961#M816454 <P>Ok. What about for federal income reporting purposes?</P> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:15:03 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3792961#M816454 holonetmalp 2026-02-21T20:15:03Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3792965#M816456 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5976622">@holonetmalp</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>Ok. What about for federal income reporting purposes?</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><SPAN>On your federal return, you only need to report a state refund as income if you itemized deductions in the previous year and received a tax benefit from it.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>See this TurboTax blog -&nbsp;<A href="https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-news/georgia-surplus-tax-refund-118605/" target="_blank">https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-news/georgia-surplus-tax-refund-118605/</A></SPAN></P> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:20:00 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/re-the-state-of-georgia-had-a-surplus-in-2025-and-sent-refunds-to-taxpayers-should-we-include-this/01/3792965#M816456 DoninGA 2026-02-21T20:20:00Z