I can't answer for all states, but in VT the amount of Federal tax refunds are not taxable on the state return. Further in that VT piggy-backs the federal return. (Uses the federal tax as basis for computing state tax), it would take some tricky math to calculate. The state refund is taxable on the federal return (if you itemized deductions the year before), so in that instance, the amount of the state refund for that year would, in fact, be taxed on the federal return and thus that portion would be again taxed by the state (VT) as a result of the "piggy-backing" method used by the state.
In the U.S., your federal income tax refund does not count as taxable income for the next year. If you receive a refund from your state, and you itemized your deductions on the federal return, then the state refund will count as income on your federal return. (If you didn't itemize, then your state refund won't count as income.)
Yes. State refund must be claimed as income on your federal return.
No, it is considered a return of your money over-withheld. So, income tax refunds don't affect your elegibility for food stamps.
You do not have to report any income tax refund on any tax forms, it is not income.
yes you do
If you took the amount as a deduction as State taxes on your federal return originally (say refund is from a prior year), then getting it back now is reported as income.
Yes unless you are due a refund you will be charged penalties, interest and other charges for failing to file the federal income tax return by the due date and also for failing to pay any income taxes by the due date for the income tax return. Alternate answer: Here is what the IRS has to say: "Refund. Even if you do not have to file a tax return, you should file to get a refund if box 2 shows federal income tax withheld or if you can take the earned income credit."
YesFiscal Policy
YesFiscal Policy
You do not have any way of knowing this until you complete your 1040 federal income tax return correctly and completely down to the last lines on your income tax return it say amount of refund.
I assume that this question is about an income tax refund, and not about an income tax return (which is the form you file with income tax authorities every year, along with any income taxes you still owe.)A Federal income tax refund is not taxable income (for state or Federal purposes) in the year a taxpayer receives it.A state income tax refund for a previous tax year, however, may be another story. It will be Federal taxable income in the year in which the taxpayer receives the refund, if he itemized deductions on the previous year's Federal income tax return.Suppose a taxpayer files his 2010 Form 1040, and itemizes his deductions. Following the instructions for the 1040, he deducts $500 withheld as state income tax (shown on his W-2) in computing his 2010 Federal taxable income. He then prepares his state income tax return and discovers that he owes only $435 in state income tax, and is due a refund of $65 (the difference between the $500 withheld and his actual liability of $435). His actual state tax liability was only $435, but he had deducted $500 from his 2010 Federal taxable income, so when he gets the $65 refund in 2011, he must include it in 2011 income for Federal income tax purposes to make up the difference.However, if the state refund was for a tax year for which the taxpayer did not itemize deductions on his Federal tax refund (i.e., he took the standard deduction), it is not taxable income to him.
Taxpayer failed to file a tax return to claim a possible refund amount they had available to them if the refund amount is claimed in the 3 year time frame then the refund amount is no longer available to the taxpayer. Taxpayer filed a income tax return and failed to claim some of the credits that were available to them if the income tax had been filed correctly and the can now file the 1040X amended individual income tax return to correct the error that was made on the original file income tax return to claim the additional refund amount.