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silvarea20042003
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January 10, 2025
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Taxable income?

I received a refund check from a lawyer i paid who never did the service paid for. 

Is this considered income?   Original payment came from already taxed money. 

Bsch4477Answer
Level 15
January 10, 2025

It’s not income as long as you have never taken a tax deduction for it. 

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Bsch4477Level 15Answer
Level 15
January 10, 2025

It’s not income as long as you have never taken a tax deduction for it. 

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    xmasbaby0Level 15
    Level 15
    January 10, 2025

    You paid the attorney but did not receive services---so he gave your money back?   Sounds like returning a few bags of mulch to Walmart and getting your money back.   Nothing to enter on a tax return about that.

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