This is so frustrating. I specifically bought TurboTax for Mac after reading that we could override line 24z in the desktop version. This is not possible yet accountants' version of tax software obviously allow this because this is exactly the way my French Government Public Pension was reported by my CPA last year yet kept non-taxable (reported as Other income and offset as Other adjustment).
Yet, TurboTax refuses again and again to allow access to that field.
Leaving me with the following options:
- eFile using a substitute form 1099-R using a "fake" Tax ID for the payer's agency (the French Government)
- Paper file using a substitute form 1099-R and leave the Tax ID field blank (IRS recommended method) but 50-100 pages to print and mail
- Report my French Government Public Pension as "Other reportable income" with no way to offset the amount, making it de facto taxable both at the federal and state level.
