Thanks for your quick answer. I tried entering the distribution from the foreign retirement plan as a 1099-R, as recommneded by some threads, with dummy figures 9s as as the payer ID. However, during TurboTax Review of the return, prior to filing, it prompts an error with "You must enter a valid employment identification number". It doesn't accept 9s. So the option of entering the distribution as a 1099-R doesnt' seem to work. Can you please confirm and is there another alternative of how to enterring it and then deduct the income from the state return?
