No. Refunds are portions of your income which were already reported but were nontaxable. You do not have to report any income more than once.
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No. Federal tax refunds are not taxable. In some cases, state tax refunds are taxable.
You do not have to report any income tax refund on any tax forms, it is not income.
Federal taxes paid or payable, (even if paid in the current year), aren't deductible in calculating your federal taxable income. State income tax payments may be deductible in determining your federal tax taxable income. And refunds received of a prior years State income tax may therefore be included in the current years federal taxable income.
The refund check, as income - No - for federal (it was taxed when overpaid - tax being paid with already taxed money), but a State one, yes. It was deducted from federal income.
A creditor can put a lien on federal income tax refunds and usually will when the debt is that of a student loan or child support. Other creditors can if the right paperwork is filed within a specified time frame to the IRS.