Tax guys, what does this mean?

You might have got a La. state grant for maybe a flood or hurricane? Could be unemployment. Could be last year's La tax refund if you got one. A 1099G is generally a government grant or payment that is usually taxable. In the case of a disaster it's usually taxable because presumably you wrote off part of the loss, and this offsets that. extent

May be for the refund of state taxes.

If you itemized state taxes in 2013 on Sch A, you may need to pick this up in income for 2014 on your federal return.

What does that mean? Sorry, I'm a turbo tax guy and I am ignorant to all the tax stuff. I only put in what it tells me. But I think I did itemize last year.

So that number is income I should have reported somehow? No unemployment and no other abnormal occurrences that I can remember.

The short of it, is this going to cost me or get me a bigger refund?

Also, thanks for the info fellas.

There was a thread on here a few days ago, but I can't find it.

If you itemized deductions, and took the deduction for state and local income tax, then you took a deduction for the total amount of tax paid and withheld. Which if you got a refund, means, you deducted too much.

So since you deducted too much in one year, you may have to pick up the refund in the next year. If you get refunds each year, this process probably will repeat itself.