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February 20, 2023
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NY State income tax snafu with turbotax

  • February 20, 2023
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I filed  federal electronically but Turbotax notified me that their software had not been updated so now I cannot file my NY state tax without refiling the federal tax.  I paid Turbotax $42. with tax to file and now I have to redo my taxes, wait for a refund.  

 

I must file by mail now but the NY dept of taxation requires it to be filed electronically.

 

I HATE taxes and Turbotax let me down. 

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    Employee
    February 21, 2023

    Bullet 4 under Important notes about the mandate

    Reads:

    'If you can't electronically file the return because it's not supported by your approved e-file software or it can't be filed on our website, then you aren't required to e-file it.'

    https://www.tax.ny.gov/tp/efile/mandate_participants.htm

    February 23, 2023

     I received a message from Turbotax AND the NY tax folks that my electronic file was not valid because Turbotax had not updated the software (please tell me this before I purchase it!), so I filed by mail. Two days later my refund showed up.

     

    Tis has been a MESS in time, expense and frustration.

     

    I like filing early because I get my refund rather than loan it longer to the IrS.  However, this is impossible with Turbotax.