Just to be clear ... My Box 2 and 2a are NOT blank. I do have a Gross Distribution and a (Fed) Taxable Amount.
My Box 14 (State Withholding) is 0.00 but Box 16 does not even EXIST.
I understand that the TT program will back-fill Box 16. So my question maybe is more of a software dispute. The backside of my 1099-R states: "Boxes 16-19. These boxes are not included because they are not applicable." So TT should NOT be back-filling a State Distribution amount at all. (I think there is no Box 16 because payroll deductions to a 401k are considered NYS-taxable, i.e., not deferred. State income tax has already been assessed and paid.) TurboTax is assuming a "State Distribution" when there isn't one, at least in NY.
