NYS inflation refund check problem

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March 6, 2026
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I efiled my NYS return on February 4, 2026. No error message appeared complaining of the NYS inflation refund, it said my NYS taxes were accepted. I am still waiting for NYS to process my return but there is no date on the process. I now find out intuit was missing the section for the NYS inflation refund and this is causing delays with turbo tax filing. I checked my desktop software today 3/6 and there still is nothing about the NYS inflation refund under credits. Should there be a mention of the NYS inflation refund in the desktop software? What will I need to do now that my NYS return has already been efiled?

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DoninGA

Level 15

That NYS refund is not taxable on a NYS tax return so there was nothing to enter concerning this refund on the state return.

rclksrAuthor

Level 2

I would agree, but it turns out Turbo Tax did not properly account for the 2025 refund, which according to intuit they corrected and is now accounted for now with a patch somewhere between February 4th and February 12, 2026. I filed before the issue was corrected, and now the return is stuck in some kind of processing loop. My first question is will there be anything I need to do now that is has been filed? The second question is where would I see the change that was made?

ginaf0914

Level 2

I still do not see any change regarding an area to put the NYS refund check in for JUST federal taxes. When I put it in as "other income" or "miscellaneous" it automatically includes it in my federal and state income and taxes it for both. Has anyone figured this out?

Danashax

Level 2

Yeah like what's the hold up. Didn't they just get sued last year; they still not complying? Like why wasn't this token care of before...

Next year, I'll be filing with someone else after 10 years SMH. I hope this is resolved soon because Im a loyalcustomer even after they had a lawsuit now they're giving me reasons to switch tax preparers next year. .

law1085

Level 2

Same happening here. After originally getting rejected because of this little snafu - all about money I did not ask for by the way - it was corrected via the software and eventually accepted a few days after. Now, over a month later I log in to NYS Dept. of Finance to inquire what's taking so long, and it appears that they are requesting additional information. Seeing as though none of the information they have is matching what is on my return (when I try to access my DOF account), I assume it's linked to this somehow since I've literally never had an issue until now. Very disappointing if it turns out the onus lands on ITT.

walterczw0

Level 2

I used turbo tax and filed my NYS return on 2/12. Do I need to refile?

MarilynG

Level 15

If you open TurboTax and let it update and check your New York bottom line, if it has changed from your original filing, you could Amend your NY return. However, I would wait until NY has finished processing your return to do so, in the event they correct the error.

Click the NY link to check the status of your return.

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rclksrAuthor

Level 2

The problem is NYS is not processing these early filed returns, since TurboTax had an issue with their software. They did not update the software till after I had already filed. Intuit says this is a NYS issue, and NYS says Intuit did not have their software correct so they are not looking at these returns. The sad part is that the "Inflation Reduction" check that was issued by NYS and Intuit did not include in the software is not going to change the refund at all. I'm not sure how to check that anything has even changed.