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Turbo tax won’t let me E-file NY state tax return

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
February 28, 2021
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After I have already paid the turbo tax fee of $40.00 to file my NY state taxes it stated I will have to mail them in. Yet according to NY mandate. If using tax prep software you Must e file. What is going on? Please and thank you

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Scooby5

Did you do a 401(k) withdrawal in 2020 for Covid-related purposes? A bunch of us are having a problem with that for NY State.

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ber5--w

Can't file because decimal point not transferred from fed box 14 it asks for fix but number was correctly entered. Turbotax will not provide procedure to override error by the software transfer problem. How can I proceed.

rjs

Employee

@Zaned

The New York e-file mandate says that you are required to e-file your NY return IF "your software supports the electronic filing of your return." If TurboTax will not allow you to e-file, then it does not support electronic filing of your NY return. Therefore you are not required to e-file your NY return.

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Scooby5

Respectfully, I do not even remotely trust some NYS bureaucrat to understand the subtle reason why TurboTax isn't letting me e-file. I can see the return getting rejected out of hand with nary a glance, causing further headache and aggrevation....

rjs

Employee

@Scooby5 They don't reject mailed returns. And even though e-filing is "mandatory," there is no penalty for filing by mail. Just mail your New York tax return and don't worry about it.