The recovery of state income tax refunds is based on what the tax difference would have been had you not deducted the state income taxes. Even though you didn't select the sales tax option those taxes are used in the calculation. At the end of the day, the worksheet determines if your tax would have changed and if not then the refund is not taxable.
edited 3/15/2020
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