You assume incorrectly ... since the payback amount is more than $3000 you have a choice to make on your 2017 return ...
Repayment over
$3,000. If the amount you repaid was more than $3,000,
you can recover the tax you originally paid using one of two methods. You can
do it as a deduction on schedule A or a tax credit on line 73 of the 1040 form if when you included the income
in a previous year, it appeared that you had an unrestricted right to it.
Figure your tax under both
methods and compare the results. Use the method (deduction or credit) that
results in less tax.
Method 1. Claiming
a deduction for the repaid amount. You deduct
it as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on Schedule A line 28.
This is the flow in
TurboTax:
Federal taxes > Deductions & credits > I'll choose what
I work on > Other deductions and credits > Other deductible
expense>Go thru to third screen> answer YES to "Did you have any
other deductions that are not subject to the 2% limitation?"
Enter the amount you repaid under, "Claim of Right Repayment (Only if
over $3,000).
Method 2. Figure
your tax claiming a credit for the repaid amount. Follow these
steps.
1.
Figure your tax without deducting the repaid amount.
2.
Refigure your tax from the earlier year without including the income that
you had to be repaid.
3.
Subtract the tax calculated in (2) from the tax shown on your return for the
earlier year. This is the credit.
This is the flow in
TurboTax (This can only be done in the Forms mode of the Desktop version of
TurboTax)
