Retirement tax questions

You do not have to enter anywhere on your tax return that you are retired.    For "occupation" you can use anything you want.  The IRS does not use occupation for anything that affects your tax due or refund; they only use it for statistics.   When it asks for a W-2 say you do not have a W-2; or delete the old employer that transferred over from the past year.

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