2017 State Tax returns

I have a problem with my 2017 Turbotax Home & Business California State returns. I am filing late, and have had multiple tax wage garnishments that I need to add to the amount of taxes paid in the return. I can find no way to add these amounts to the amount paid for the year state return.

How can I add these paid tax amounts to the California return? I also need to remove any and all refunds for the Federal and state returns as none were paid to me in 2016.

Employee Tax Expert

Mar 27, 2021 12:30:16 PM

It depends.

Were your wage garnishments applicable to your 2017 income tax return? If so, you can enter them as payments as follows. (If the wage garnishments were allocable to a different tax year, you would enter them on the applicable tax return for that year.)

Log back into your TurboTax program and select the Personal tab

Select Deductions & Credits
Select I'll choose what I work on
Scroll down to Estimates and Other Taxes Paid, and select Estimates
Select Estimated Tax Payments
Select State estimated taxes for 2017
You will be enter any payments in this section

As for your Federal and state refunds, the Federal refund will have no effect on your tax return. You can delete your state refunds as follows since this could be taxable if you were able to itemize your deductions in the prior year.

Select Personal Income
Select I'll choose what I work on
Scroll down to the section titled Other Common Income and select State and Local Refunds on Form 1099-G
Select No to indicate you did not get this form

State tax refunds taxation

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2017 State Tax returns