Thank you for your reply. In this situation, I had simultaneously e-filed my federal return when it told me that my New York State return could not be e-filed and had to be mailed. Therefore the reason that my New York State return could not be e-filed because the software could not include a Federal 1040 doesn't apply unless the software cannot do this. If the software cannot do this, then that is a failure on behalf of the software which should simply be acknowledged because they are not complying with the law.
