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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: Question of 1099-G, Icome tax overpayment
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:24:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.182451.14324@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: overpayment, 1099-G
- References: <1993Jan21.135752.21684@osf.org>
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- In article <1993Jan21.135752.21684@osf.org> wwang@osf.org (Weidong Wang) writes:
- >
- >I received a notice (Form 1099-G) from Mass Dept of Revenue, saying that I had
- >a $131.16 tax overpayment in 1991.
- >
- >I looked my record and it shows that this amount is exactly the refund I got
- >from Mass DOR for 1991.
- >
- >Now my question is: what does this 1099-G mean? I had received tax refund in
- >past years, but this is the first time that i have recieved such a notice.
-
- Yes, 1099-Gs are relatively new.
-
- >It says that this information is also being furnished to IRS. Does it mean that
- >since I did an itemlized deduction for 1991, and since I deducted extra state
- >tax, now I have to repay the tax for this extra amount? 1991 is the first time
- >I did an itemlized deduction.
-
- If you deducted at least $131.16 then, yes, you have to declare the
- $131.16 as income (if you paid less than $131, declare that amount)
-
-
- >BTW, how does a state DOR know that I filed a federal tax return with itemlized
- >deduction?
-
- They don't care. If they gave you a refund they give you a 1099G.
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- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
-