topic Working in the state portion and am being told that my social security # is not in valid format. It is, and I cannot change it anyway since it is a transfer from fed?? in Retirement tax questions

Working in the state portion and am being told that my social security # is not in valid format. It is, and I cannot change it anyway since it is a transfer from fed??

brennakind82 — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 07:21:10 GMT

Re: Working in the state portion and am being told that my social security # is not in valid format. It is, and I cannot change it anyway since it is a transfer from fed??

SteamTrain — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 13:21:52 GMT

With 40+ different state tax forms that could be involved.....it is important that you always indicate :

Which State ??

Re: Working in the state portion and am being told that my social security # is not in valid format. It is, and I cannot change it anyway since it is a transfer from fed??

brennakind82 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:59:06 GMT

I apologize, it is Michigan. Thank you.

Re: Working in the state portion and am being told that my social security # is not in valid format. It is, and I cannot change it anyway since it is a transfer from fed??

brennakind82 — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:01:38 GMT

Also, the ssn was transferred from my federal form and is in correct format (nnn-nn-nnnn). It is also the correct ssn. It seems like a failure in the software. I'm operating in the TurboTax business version.

Re: Working in the state portion and am being told that my social security # is not in valid format. It is, and I cannot change it anyway since it is a transfer from fed??

SteamTrain — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:38:38 GMT

@brennakind82

For Michigan...your entry is OK, but that's a software bug to be fixed (supposedly) by the end of the week.

See: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-topics/help/error-household-member-ssn-is-invalid-in-michigan-state-review/01/1098749