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March 7, 2025
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Tax year 2024, TTax not allowing 1099-R Box 16 to be blank

  • March 7, 2025
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Filling out a tax year 2024, 1099-R, got to box 16 "State Distribution". My form 1099-R has box 16 blank, TTax refuses to let that box be blank but offers no resolution. What do we do?

I did read the "not tax advice" comment from years ago that if there is only a single state paid to, then Box 16 is often left blank. If that is the case, then WTH doesn't TTax offer that information and tell us how to proceed???

 

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    DoninGA
    Employee
    March 7, 2025

    Enter the amount from box 1 of the 1099-R in box 16.  That will clear the problem and allow you to file the tax return.

    Box 16 is for a state so this is not an IRS issue.  The amount in box 16 does not flow to any state tax return, only the amount of state taxes withheld in box 14 will flow to a state tax return.