Worksheet IX – Tax Benefi t Rule for Recoveries of Itemized Deductions
If in the current tax year you recovered amounts from more than one year, such as a federal income tax refund from 2010 and a
casualty loss reimbursement from 2011, complete a separate worksheet for each year. Use the information from Form 2 or 2M,
Itemized Deductions, for the year the expense was deducted.
Example: You claimed a casualty loss as an itemized deduction on your 2010 Montana income tax return. In 2013 your insurance
company reimbursed you for the casualty loss. In order for you to determine if any of this reimbursement is taxable in 2013, you
will need to use your 2010 Montana income tax return and the 2010 standard deduction on page 2 of this worksheet.
Include a recovery in income only to the extent the deduction reduced your Montana tax liability in the year deducted.
Column A (for
Column B (for
single, joint,
spouse when fi ling
separate, or head
separately using
of household)
fi ling status 3a)
1. Enter the total of your federal income tax refunds received in 2013 for which you took
a deduction in a prior year. Do not include refundable federal credits or more than the
amount of federal income tax deducted on Schedule III ...............................................1.
1.
2. Enter the total of all other itemized deductions refunded or reimbursed to you in 2013
that are not included above and for which you took a deduction in a prior year ...........2.
2.
Example: In 2011 you deducted medical expenses not covered by insurance. In 2013 your insurance company determined
that it should have paid a portion of the denied expenses. The company sent you a check. This amount may be taxable because
you claimed it as an expense you paid in 2011.
3. Add lines 1 and 2 ...........................................................................................................3.
3.
4. Enter the total Montana allowable itemized deductions for the year that you claimed
this deduction. If you took the standard deduction, stop here; your refund(s) is not
taxable ...........................................................................................................................4.
4.
5. Enter any federal income tax refund or other itemized deductions refunded to you prior
to 2013. Do not enter any amount from line 1 or 2 ........................................................5.
5.
6. Subtract line 5 from line 4 ..............................................................................................6.
6.
7. Montana adjusted gross income for the year you claimed the deduction .....................7.
7.
8. Enter the standard deduction for the year you claimed this deduction. (The standard
deduction amounts for 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 are shown
in the tables found on page 2 of this worksheet.) ..........................................................8.
8.
9. Subtract line 8 from line 6. If the result is zero or less, stop here; the amount on
line 3 is not taxable ........................................................................................................9.
9.
10. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 9 ..............................................................................10.
10.
11. Enter your Montana taxable income for the year you claimed the deduction ..............11.
11.
12. This is your recovery amount. Include this amount in income for 2013. .............12.
12.
• If line 11 is zero or more, enter the amount from line 10.
• If line 11 is a negative amount, add lines 10 and 11 and enter the result, but not less than zero.
• If line 12 equals line 3:
• Enter the amount from line 1 on Form 2, Schedule I, line 3.
• Enter the amount from line 2 on Form 2, Schedule I, line 4.
• If line 12 is less than line 3, and either line 1 or line 2 is zero:
• If there is an amount on line 1, enter the amount from line 12 on Form 2, Schedule I, line 3.
• If there is an amount on line 2, enter the amount from line 12 on Form 2, Schedule I, line 4.
• If line 12 is less than line 3 and there are amounts on both lines 1 and 2, complete lines A, B and C below.
A. Divide the amount on line 1 by the amount on line 3. Enter the percentage here ........ A.
A.
B. Multiply the amount on line 12 by the percentage on line A. Enter the result here and
on Form 2, Schedule I, line 3 ........................................................................................ B.
B.
C. Subtract the amount on line B from the amount on line 12. Enter the result here and
on Form 2, Schedule I, line 4 ........................................................................................ C.
C.