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Error for 1099-R stating to "Box 16a state distribution amount should not be less than state tax withheld". Entry is correct but turbotax keeps flagging an error

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AmyC
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Error for 1099-R stating to "Box 16a state distribution amount should not be less than state tax withheld". Entry is correct but turbotax keeps flagging an error

Let me say the same thing another way. Your tax paid is more than you received. Your state distribution of say $10 is less than the tax that was withheld on it, say $1,500. 

It just does not make sense. You must have switched the numbers or mistyped a number. The tax being more than the distribution does create an error.

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Error for 1099-R stating to "Box 16a state distribution amount should not be less than state tax withheld". Entry is correct but turbotax keeps flagging an error

If you have withholding in box 14 then for box 16 enter the same amount as in box 2a. If box 2a is blank use the amount from box 1.

 

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