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  The following instructions have been posted on how to enter correctly the amount  for the NYS Inflation refund check.   @MaryK4   STEP BY STEP – NY INFLATION REFUND CHECK IN TURBOTAX (1099-G) Open your return in TurboTax. Go to Federal. Go to Wages & Income. Scroll to State and Local Tax Refunds (1099-G) and click Start or Edit. When asked about the refund you received in 2025, enter: Tax return year: 2023 Payments and withholding: 0 Refund amount: enter full amount for MFJ or ONLY YOUR SHARE if half of the total amount on the 1099-G Continue. You will see the question: “Does either apply to your 2023 New York return?” Even though you took the standard deduction, select: NO (Select NO because the NY inflation refund is not a normal tax refund, and choosing NO forces TurboTax to include it in federal income while subtracting it from New York tax, which is exactly what NY requires.) TurboTax will then ask: “Tell us the taxable amount of your refund” Enter the SAME AMOUNT you entered in step 5    For federal confirmation, open your 1040- Look at Line 8z (Other income)-You should see your half (or all) of the refund included there. If Schedule 1 line 8z includes it AND IT-201 line 25 subtracts it, everything is correct. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-nys-inflation-refund-checks-to-irs/01/3807696#M1416283   I have followed the instructions above to the letter. I am running into the same error as everyone else above when running the smart check. I have tried the various solutions suggested here https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/nys-inflation-refund-checks-to-irs/00/3807645 and none of them are working. I still get the following message regardless of whether I enter 0, the value from my State 2023 tax return on line 76 or change it to blank on the State and Local Income Tax Refund Worksheet.  When I clear any entry to blank after running smart check I get the following message I am posting this as a new thread because the previous thread seems to be buried when I search for it and I think it is marked as solved. Can you please advise on how to proceed. Thank you.

A person resides in Philadelphia but works as a truck driver and earns income outside of the city. He is on the road most of the time and may not be in Philadelphia for several weeks. He receives Form 1099-NEC, which is reported on Schedule C as business income. I understand that income must be allocated on BIRT between Philadelphia and outside of Philadelphia, but how does this apply to the Philadelphia Net Profits Tax (NPT)? Should the net income also be allocated for NPT purposes?   Please help