topic Why won't my New York State document number from the back of license enter ? What first 3 characters am I missing? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3-characters/01/3796858#M1412159 Why won't the software accept my Document # from the back of my New York state license Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:04:33 GMT wjan31 2026-02-23T22:04:33Z Why won't my New York State document number from the back of license enter ? What first 3 characters am I missing? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3-characters/01/3796858#M1412159 Why won't the software accept my Document # from the back of my New York state license Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:04:33 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3-characters/01/3796858#M1412159 wjan31 2026-02-23T22:04:33Z Re: Why won't my New York State document number from the back of license enter ? What first 3 cha... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3-cha/01/3796903#M1412171 <P>Can you clarify if you used the first 3 digits after "IDUSA"? The 3 numbers after that seems to satisfy the requirement. &nbsp;Some other users experienced errors with incorrect issue date and expiry dates, so double check they are correct and not swapped as well.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>For more information, see <A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/find-document-number-e-file-new-york-return/L8PgwdGF6_US_en_US" target="_blank">Where do I find my document number so that I can e-file my New York return?</A></P> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:23:13 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3-cha/01/3796903#M1412171 MindyB 2026-02-23T22:23:13Z Re: Why won't my New York State document number from the back of license enter ? What first 3 characters am I missing? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3/01/3796969#M1412196 <P><a href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5986233">@wjan31</a>&nbsp; And ONLY the first three characters...not the whole number.</P> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:45:54 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-why-won-t-my-new-york-state-document-number-from-the-back-of-license-enter-what-first-3/01/3796969#M1412196 SteamTrain 2026-02-23T22:45:54Z