This still doesn't quite answer the question.
Bottom line is that the 1099-Misc in question is a pension, authorized by the State of New York and and each local municipality where a Volunteer Fire Department is located, but is funded by the individual fire district or company for Volunteer Firefighters that is not taxable by the State of New York. The pension amount is determined by the length of service credited to the individual Firefighter, hence the label "Length of Service Awards Program."
I do collect a pension from the NYSLRS which is also exempt from NYS taxes but is federally taxable. However the NYS pension is not subject to Social Security taxes and I hope that the LOSAP pension is not subject to Social Security taxes either.
Intuit would truly provide a great service to their customers if they would investigate this with the IRS so that we can get a true answer to our inquiries instead of having the multitude of TurboTax customers having to individually contact the IRS and get a different answer from each rep they get in contact with.
PLEASE IMPROVE THE ANSWERS ON THIS SUBJECT.
