TaxAct^® allows a deduction for Bailey Retirement benefits on the North Carolina return. You must first enter the retirement income on Form 1099-R Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc. during the Federal Q&A.

To enter the retirement income in the program:

1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click Federal. On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then click Federal.
2. Click Retirement Plan Income in the Federal Quick Q&A Topics menu to expand, then click IRA, 401(k), and pension plan distributions (Form 1099-R).
3. Click + Add Form 1099-R to create a new copy of the form or click Edit to review a form already created.
4. Click Quick Entry to scroll down to answer all applicable questions or click Step-by-Step Guidance to proceed with the program interview questions.

Entering the deduction in the North Carolina Q&A:

1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click State, then click North Carolina (or NC). On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then click State.
2. Click Deductions in the North Carolina Quick Q&A Topics menu, then continue with the interview process to enter all of the appropriate information.
3. On the screen titled North Carolina - Retirement Benefits, enter the retirement income as Vested government retirement benefits (Bailey Settlement), then click Continue.

If you instead received retirement benefits reported to you as wages as a vested government retiree (Bailey Settlement), you would expand Miscellaneous Topics, then click Bailey Settlement as Wages.

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