WHAT DOES "AZ RESIDENTS STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION" MEAN?

[BillM223]

"AZ RESIDENTS STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION"

On its face, it means any pension for a former employee of the state of Arizona or of a governmental subdivision in Arizona (city, county, etc).

Is this the exact wording, or does it say, "Exclusion for U.S. Government, Arizona State, or Local Government Pensions"?

[saucy27]

I have a related issue.  I have a federal pension (OPM).  Marked it as a federal pension and marked it as from federal or state government in inputting in the federal income screens.  But I'm not getting the $2500 subtraction from income on line 29a of the AZ return, and there's no screen that links to this and no override screen.  I hate to mark it as "other subtraction" when it has its own line on the return.  How can I make this subtraction appear?  It's preventing me from qualifying for the family income tax credit.  Thanks.

[saucy27]

I figured it out myself.  After re-inputting the 1099R into the federal screen countless times and noting that I had indeed associated it with a federal government pension (and had tagged it as CSA from the outset), I added "AZ" to the state field on the input screen and the subtraction has now appeared!  Thanks.