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NYS tax withheld on Military retirement

user17724052552 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:52:03 GMT

My husband has had NYS tax withheld every year since 2015, and we've had no issue with filing our return. Why is it telling me we can't file due to NYS taxes being withheld this year?

Re: NYS tax withheld on Military retirement

SusanY1 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:10:55 GMT

Can you tell us the exact error message that you're seeing?

Re: NYS tax withheld on Military retirement

user17724052552 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:18:32 GMT

It happens when I'm trying to transmit. It says before you e-file, we need a little more information. It then takes me to the 1099-R for his military retirement and saysNYS withholding cannot be greater than or equal to gross distribution or state distribution.

Re: NYS tax withheld on Military retirement

SusanY1 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:18:43 GMT

Return to the entry screen for that 1099R and enter the number from Box 1 again in Box 16 for "state tax distribution". You will do this on the federal entry areas under Wages and Income.

The DFAS 1099-R doesn't actually have a box 16 on it (which is why I imagine it wasn't entered) but you can safely put the federal number in that space in TurboTax.

Once you've updated that, you can retransmit the return.

Re: NYS tax withheld on Military retirement

user17724052552 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:18 GMT

That worked! Thank you so much.