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This year Kelsi received a $1,900 refund of state income taxes that she paid last year....

This year Kelsi received a $1,900 refund of state income taxes that she paid last year. She had paid $2,800 of state income taxes last year. The standard deduction amount last year was $12,200

How much of the $1,900 refund, if any, must Kelsi include in gross income this year, under each of the following independent assumptions?

a. If her total itemized deductions last year were $13,300, including $2,800 of state income taxes

TAXABLE REFUND =

b. If her total itemized deductions last year were $14,200, including $2,800 of state income taxes

TAXABLE REFUND =  

c. If her total itemized deductions last year were $12,000, including $2,800 of state income taxes

TAXABLE REFUND =

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