topic refund in Deductions & credits

refund

daveeyes — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 23:50:11 GMT

last year my sons employer took the wrong state out of his check and the consequence was that he had to pay Indiana $2047.00 but he got a refund back from Illinois for $1947.00. turbo tax is showing that refund as income but not calculating that he still had to pay . How can this be corrected?

Re: refund

AmyC — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:12:18 GMT

If your son itemized on his taxes last year, then the refund is taxable.

If your son is itemizing this year, he will want to claim the tax paid. Follow these steps:

Return to the federal section
Go to Deductions and Credits
Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid
click on Show More
Locate Income Taxes Paid, select Edit/Start
About Income Taxes Paid, select yes
Scroll to the bottom section Other Income Taxes Paid in 2019
locate Balance due on your 2018 state taxes paid in 2019
Start/Edit
Enter the state and amount paid
done

Re: refund

ee-ea — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:15:37 GMT

The payment is an itemized deduction as state an local taxes.