I posted on separate thread when I was having the same issue, and getting no solid answers from Turbo Tax. Last week, the program was not exempting my husband’s pension income from Michigan tax form (he is retired police officer). And the program kept reverting back to answer “no” when asking if pension was from public safety officer. Form 4884 was not checking the correct box (6a). I finally got it to work with a suggestion from a colleague who faked the program with an older birth year, and it checked the box. Then I went back and corrected the birth year (and it saved the correct way). However, now it is showing my pension income as exempt when it shouldn’t be. The program clearly shows that I am not a public safety officer (box not checked), but both of our pensions are showing exempt. Turbo tax doesn’t seem to understand my problem. I almost filed in error twice: Once without his pension being exempt, and then recently with both our pensions exempt when only his should be. Turbo Tax doesn’t seem to care at all. I’ve spent hours on the phone and no one gets it. Only to “wait until Feb 13” when Michigan can start processing the form. I have no faith at this point.
