If you are receiving an error message that is preventing filing your New York return, you may have a form 5695, Residential Energy Credit, or New York form IT-255 in your program from a previous year. If you know that it does not apply to you for 2022, you can delete the forms as follows:
To remove the solar and wind energy carryover from your NY return, please follow the steps below:
- Open your return.
- Click on State on the left-hand side.
- Continue through the return.
- On the page, Take a look at New York credits and taxes, scroll down to Unused Solar Energy Credit Carryover from Prior Years.
- Delete any zeros that have been populated on the screen.
- Click on Tax Tools on the left-hand side.
- Click on Tools.
- Click on Delete a Form. Review the lists of forms to find the one(s) to delete.
- Delete Form IT-255 and the IT-255 credit worksheet .
If you are working in the download TurboTax program, use the Forms Mode on your menu bar to bring up the form you want to delete, then choose the Delete Form option at the bottom of the form.
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