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Article: When are state income tax refunds includible in federal taxable income?
- Article from:
- The Tax Adviser
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
- Author:
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Situation
Z, Inc., a calendar-year accrual-basis taxpayer, sustained a $3 million net operating loss (NOL) in 1992. Z can carry back the loss to 1989 and recover approximately $1 million of Federal income tax and $250,000 of state income tax.
Z filed Federal and state refund claims on Mar. 16, 1993. It receives approval of its state tax refund on Sept. 15, 1993. Due to delays in the state's check processing system, Z does not receive its refund check until Jan. 3, 1994.
When must Z include the state tax refund in its Federal taxable income?
Possible solutions
1. Z reports the $250,000 state income tax refund in its 1992 ...