Regarding personal income tax preparations, When I am asked if I had any state or local income tax refunds...?

I'm filing my 2007 taxes right now. Regarding personal income tax preparations, When I am asked if I had any state or local income tax refunds... Does that mean what I got back from the previous year's (2006) taxes? Or maybe an early sort of state reimburstment for some of 2007's taxes? This should be a simple question, and I'm 99% sure I know what they mean, but it just surprises me they don't specify. FYI, I am a Michigan resident. FYI, I am talking about some pretty simple tax filing stuff...I'm a 21 year old dependant, and made 13k this year or so... so nothing else too fancy is even considerable in this ordeal. No selling of a house or property or a car or any IRA or ROTH investments or what-have-you. Just the siomple basic question. It further specifies that I should be able to find this information on a 1099-G form........Any ideas?

Public Comments

1. Yes, it's asking about refunds on your 2006 state or local returns. If you didn't itemize your federal return for 2006, it isn't going to matter.
2. its talking about the refund you got from your 2006 return, but only if you itemized your deductions on your federal tax return for that year (2006). If you didn't itemize, you don't need to worry about it.
3. They are asking if you got a state or local return for 2006. If you did, you should have received a statement with the amount from your state. If you didn't itemize your deductions last year it doesn't matter how much you got back. If you did itemize, then some of your last-year's state return may be taxable.