State tax filing

Lol, @enve123 I resisted the urge to say exactly what you said:) 

 

For anyone reading- As I mentioned, do not do this before you have submitted your federal taxes and they have been accepted. Obviously you want to be able to claim covid hardship with them to get the benefits. As soon as those are accepted by the IRS, you can do what I suggested. If for some insane reason you plan on using TurboTax again in the future, you can then go back in and change the federal responses to what they originally were, once your state return has been submitted and accepted (which mine just were- so my method worked!).

 

Just as an FYI, in terms of taking money out of retirement, the early withdrawal penalty is a federal thing, not a state thing.