Damn....for 2020, the boxes were renumbered, state withholding shoudl now be in box 14,and......that warning should be:
"The state tax withheld can't be more than the state distribution. If there's no state distribution on Form 1099-R, enter the box 1 amount in box 16.'
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Historically, NY has been particularly picky about this (most box 16's would be empty on the actual 1099-R, but my software...with NC state... properly takes box 2a into the software's box 16 if I go thru the follow-up questions properly...the state you have attached may deal with box 1-into-16 instead)
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