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March 23, 2023
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What does this mean : Retire Ben Wks: Bailey-TP your total Bailey benefits deduction? I have not seen this before.

  • March 23, 2023
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It has a $$ amount that it cannot exceed and it says that the $ amount that I cannot change exceeds this amount. I cannot complete our taxes without this being fixed. 

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March 23, 2023

You will want to go back to the North Carolina section of TurboTax and look for the screen about Bailey deduction (see below).

 

 

As a result of the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision in Bailey v. State of North Carolina, North Carolina may not tax certain retirement benefits received by retirees (or by beneficiaries of retirees) of the State of North Carolina and its local governments or by the United States government retirees (including military).  The exclusion applies to retirement benefits received from certain defined benefit plans, such as the North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, the North Carolina Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, the Federal Employees' Retirement System, or the United States Civil Service Retirement System, if the retiree had five or more years of creditable service as of August 12, 1989.  The exclusion also applies to retirement benefits received from the state's §401(k) and §457 plans if the retiree had contributed or contracted to contribute to the plan prior to August 12, 1989.  The exclusion does not apply to retirement benefits paid to former teachers and state employees of other states and their political subdivisions.