Retirement tax questions

You appear to be signed up for LIVE service...your agent would know how to deal with it

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But...No you cannot.   If it is exempt in yoru state (like a public service/teacher's/police/fireman's pension), you deal with it being exempt from taxation...usually either on a page right after the 1099-R entry in the Federal section....or in the state Q&A (PA in particular)...but get all the Federal fully filled in first.

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Example: for NY, it's handled on a follow-up page in the Federal section, where you ID the exact source of the public pension:

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