AmyC
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

For NY, Social Security is not taxable. Pensions earnings are taxable. Page 18 of the NY instructions say:

If ... the pension or distribution amount was included in your federal AGI, enter any pension you received, or distributions made to you from a pension plan which represents a return of contributions in a year prior to retirement, as an officer, employee, or beneficiary of an officer or employee of:..

 

Page 19 states: 

$20,000 limit – You may not take a pension and annuity income exclusion that exceeds $20,000, regardless of the source(s) of the income.

 

Depending on your income, you may have taxable NY income.

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