Is there and issue with NY form IT-225 for line with A-101? It keeps telling me to fix my return, and when I enter 0, it tells me to enter on Federal return?

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March 6, 2025
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It won't let me e-file until I fix this.

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MayaD

A-101: New York City flexible benefits program (IRC 125)

if you participate in a New York City flexible benefits program, IRC 125, you must report the amount deducted or deferred from your salary as an addition modification to federal AGI on line 23 of Form IT-201, Resident Income Tax Return

It is reported on w-2 box 14. Enter the amount and select from the dropdown box the description that matches. TurboTax will carry that to your NY return to be added into income.

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ridhima547

I have the same problem. I do not participate in a New York City flexible benefits program but keep getting error. How do i fix it?

matgallis

There is a prompt towards the end of the New York form where it asks you to allocate the portion of New York City flexible benefits program IRC 125 allocated to NY

My federal form is blank (as I do not have any). If you enter zero, and your federal form is just blank, it glitches ( blank <> 0, Turbo tax implodes).

Delete the "0" and keep blank, clears the error.

jando25

Having the same problem and have tried everything (manually entered W-2, made sure all reflected blank or zero) and no luck. My spouse and I have nothing in block 14, are non-residents of NYS and do not have anything to do with NYC for tax purposes. This is very frustrating since I have already paid to e file and now may have to mail this thing in. For what its worth, I have also tried clearing the cache, signing out, and using different browsers. If Turbotax doesnt fix soon, I will be looking for a refund.

kerfos

Same- so overwhelmingly frustrated

klevlan

Having this issue, when will turbo tax implement a fix? @MayaD it seem that users cannot bypass putting "0" in for that section and prevents them from uploading via e-file.

Paul Mgo

Same issue here; extremely frustrating. Turbo Tax please fix this error.

alisoncap

FIX: I had the same very frustrating issue but think I figured it out, as I just submitted successfully. You must open the FORMS view (top right next to Live tax advice, at least on my Windows desktop version). Then go to the Form with the error from the left nav bar (it will have a red error symbol next to it). MANUALLY delete the offending 0. I think for me it showed "0." with the period and I had to delete both characters then pressed tab and the error cleared.

When I tried someone else's fix of not entering anything in the box in the step by step view, that didn't work for me. But when I changed to form views it let me delete the 0 and submit. Hope this helps!!

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alicausi

Yes, it's the same issue. A zero got entered on a line that should be blank. Easiest solution was to have the cx delete the form under tax tools.

cchsiao

Hi I had the same issue, this is how I solved it:

Go back to the NY state return and start from the beginning, there's a page asking about IRC 125 and clear the 0 in that page that should solve the problem for you. Since the review function did not take you to that page that's why the 0 is always there.

stevensoft

I just had this very same problem when I tried to e-file my federal and NY tax returns. I also tried entering 0 in the highlighted box, but that did not work. Tried again and got the same message. This time I deleted the 0. already in the highlighted box, and it worked! My taxes are e-filed! An obvious bug.

JeffLaBonte336

Yep, it is a bug in TurboTax - I spent over an hour with a CSR getting this straighted out. The bottom line was, in one form for reporting NY income "allocation", if you leave it blank, TurboTax adds a "0" on the final form, which triggers you needing to enter a bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with you. Once you delete that Zero manually to ensure the field is blank, you can complete filing. Lovely, huh?

BrittanyS

Yes the issues has been submitted for corrections. If using TurboTax Desktop, follow these steps:

I have noticed a zero being input in the add/sub (225) worksheet. If you remove the zero, the needs review goes away. See the screenshot below:

To remove the 0, follow these steps:

Open TurboTax
Click forms in the upper right corner
Select Add/Sub (225)
remove all 0's, included the one for NY State allocated amount of above

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acverel

TL/DR: delete your state return and start it over.

I encountered this issue, AFTER PAYING to e-file my federal and two state returns, and none of these fixes worked for me. We did not even have IRC 125 on either W2 but I spent hours on the phone with a tax expert, who was scrolling these forums I had already read, and repeatedly suggesting all the solutions presented here that I had already tried that still didn't work. At one point, he asked if I would be okay just paper filing my return without resolving the issue, and I said no because I had PAID FOR E-FILING already. At another point, he had to call me back the next day after he looking into it further. Eventually, he suggested I delete my entire NYS (non-resident) return and start over. I did this and also had to delete and recreate my CT (resident) return, because one needs to do the non-resident return first. This did resolve the problem, it did not recur after I recreated both state returns. Perhaps Turbo Tax coincidentally resolved the software glitch in the interim. The tax expert I spoke with was very pleasant to deal with over this completely ridiculous problem. Next year, I'm going elsewhere.