Do I now need to do state by hand? Will TurboTax refund what I paid for state since I can't use?
You should still be able to complete your state return using TurboTax and indicate you are mailng your return. If you would like to request a refund, see the link below:
When I printed the NY State return from TurboTax it had a paper from NYS stating “since you used software you can not mail in your NY State return”. They gave details of the law and why this isn’t allowed. TurboTax does not seem to know this as their instructions were to mail it
So, unfortunately I had to hand write my return and throw away what I printed from TurboTax. I’d recommend this be looked into so customers aren’t getting contradictory instructions
This New York webpage indicates that, if you must file a paper Resident Income Tax Return, you can use their enhanced fill-in Form IT-201 with 2D barcodes, which would be easier than hand writing the return.
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