Important: If your 1099-G shows an amount in box 1, go here for alternate instructions, as the steps below won't work.
Otherwise, if your 1099-G has amounts in box 2, follow these instructions:
- Open or continue your return in TurboTax
- Go to Search and enter 1099-g
- Select Jump to 1099-G nd answer Yes
- Answer a few more questions about your refund until you get to the Tell us about your refund screen
- Enter your total refund received in 2022
- Enter the amount in box 2 (state or local income tax refunds, credits, or offsets)
- If you received multiple 1099-Gs for the same state or locality, both with the same tax year in box 3, enter the box 2 sum
- For example, you received two 1099-Gs from Colorado. They both have 2022 in box 3, and their box 2 amounts are $1,000 and $800 respectively. You'd enter $1,800 in Total refund received in 2022
- Enter your total of all your payments and withholding
- Enter the total taxes you paid to the state or locality for the same tax year as the refund (this includes withholdings as well as estimated tax and other payments)
- You can get this amount from your state or local tax return for the tax year of the refund. Look for a line near the bottom, often bolded, that includes the phrase total payments
- Enter tax year of refund, which is box 3 of your 1099-G
