- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
State tax filing
Same here this is a bad BUG!!!!
CA State will think you reported not living in the State when you report zero income but live in the state. It's because TurboTax just made your income for CA $0 by reporting it all as PML. The audit check has a BIG BUG saying Low Risk of Audit.
The W-2 Section presents a completed screen say "You're doing great—next we'll find you tax breaks" then presents a "Let's check for uncommon situations" and lists "Paid Family Leave" ( note makes no refrence here to the W-2 ) it's doesn't appear to be related to the W-2 and it's when you are completing your Federal so the connection to state is not apparent...that's ok TurboTax has got your back...nope!
Later you select California as the state it uses the above to default all your W-2 income as PFL, which results in a big state refund.
This is VERY wrong the right thing to do would be
#1 Default to 0 on the state as you haven't stated how much was PFL
#2 Flag as an error when you run the analysis check
a) Error that you didn't enter a number and send you to the state page to review
( Look at View -> My Tax Data they are tracking when it's your input vs populated)
b) Error that you didn't check the box that says "I've reviewed the above amount and adjusted it, if necessary" Yup they even have a check box for this and it should flag as an error.
c) Review -> Audit protection falsely reports LOW / Green when the above occurs and the realty is you will get Audited and hit with interest fees.