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title: Jury Duty Pay and Jury Pay Employer Repayment
description: Jury duty pay is generally taxable and must be reported on your return. If you were required to remit your jury duty pay to your employer because your employer continued to pay your wages during your jury service, the amount…
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# Jury Duty Pay and Jury Pay Employer Repayment

Jury duty pay is generally taxable and must be reported on your return. If you were required to remit your jury duty pay to your employer because your employer continued to pay your wages during your jury service, the amount paid to your employer is deductible as an adjustment to income.
 Jury Duty Pay To report jury duty income in TaxAct, follow the steps below.  **Online** **Dashboard**

1. From within your TaxAct return, click **Income.** 
   - On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
2. Click the **Explore More **drop-down.
3. Click **Add** beside **Other Income**. 
4. Click **Continue**, then enter the amount in the **Jury pay** field. 

 **Classic**

1. From within your TaxAct return, click **Federal. **
   - On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
2. Click the **Other Income **drop-down, then click **Prizes, awards or other miscellaneous income**.
3. Enter the amount in the **Jury pay** field. 

 **Desktop**

1. From within your TaxAct return, click **Federal. **
2. Click the **Other Income **drop-down, then click **Prizes, awards or other miscellaneous income**.
3. Enter the amount in the **Jury pay** field. 

   Jury Duty Repayment to Employer If you repaid any jury pay to your employer, follow the steps below.  **Online** **Dashboard**

1. From within your TaxAct return, click **Resources**.
   - On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
2. Under **My Return**, click **Federal Search**. 
3. Click the **Other Adjustments, **drop-down, then click **Other Adjustments**.
4. Enter the amount in the **Jury pay repayment to employer **field.

 **Classic**

1. From within your TaxAct return, click **Federal. **
   - On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
2. Click the **Other Adjustments, **drop-down, then click **Other Adjustments**.
3. Enter the amount in the **Jury pay repayment to employer **field.

 **Desktop**

1. From within your TaxAct return, click **Federal. **
2. Click the **Other Adjustments, **drop-down, then click **Other Adjustments**.
3. Enter the amount in the **Jury pay repayment to employer **field. 

 See IRS [Publication 17](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf#page=78;) for details.