@SRReisch wrote:
Ok, thank you for clarifying that. So I need to mail a hardcopy to the IRS. But NYS requires (if I use software like TurboTax) to efile. Can I do that -- mail to IRS, efile to NYS? How do I do that? Turbotax won't let me proceed if I indicate those options.
You will have to print and mail the NY state tax return also. A state return cannot be e-filed using the TurboTax software if the federal tax return is not e-filed.
New York allows mailed tax returns from paid tax preparers if the tax program being used does not support electronic filing. But your tax return is self-prepared so does not fall under the New York tax preparer mandate.
https://www.tax.ny.gov/tp/efile/mandate_participants.htm
