TT complains 1099-R box 16a blank

[metchy]

TT 2025 Desktop complains that my 1099-R has a value in box 14 for state tax withheld, but no value in 16 for state distribution. I saw older posts saying to  just write in the value from box 1 (total distribution). I only earned money in one state. I have a call in to my brokerage firm to ask them about it. I just don't want to mess up my taxes my typing directly in the forms. 

The error review is weird anyway, because I have multiple 1099-R forms from the same brokerage and it doesn't specify which one the box 16 number is for! So I might have to edit the forms in form view, just want to make sure I'm putting the correct value in. 

[ThomasM125 · Accepted solution]

Box 14 reports state tax withheld so there had to be a distribution associated with it. Since you only live in one state, it is likely the distribution listed in box 1 would be the state distribution that should be listed in box 16.