I'm trying to properly file my foreign pension as a retirement or pension income not as Other Income. If you read my previous post you'd understand my frustration. Normally, data from a 1099-R form properly flows to state tax return when I can get my pension state exclusion. If reported as other income, wouldn't give me that exclusion. Turbotax provides a workaround which doesn't work properly. The only solution for filers like me is to report pension income on1099-R form, but foreign governments don't have Payer's ID numbers or report this income to the IRS, so forms 1099-R without FIN or EIN would produce an error and prevent e-filing. Old tricks with nine 9 digits or nine 1s don't work anymore. This needs to be properly addressed and fixed.
@VolvoGirl
