Military pay excluding in state of Alabama

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April 13, 2025
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I need help with Pro Series. I have a couple whose husband is active in the military. They both live in Alabama. I file jointly for them this year. The husband W-2 shows no wages for the state of Alabama. Then I go to e file the state return I had to exclude those wages from being taxed. However I received an error that says "Total Alabama Wages, Form 40 page 1 line 5 must equal total of all State Wages as reported in Box 16. They do. In Pro Series the only way to not tax them is to exclude them on the State return. Any thoughts to fix this issue?

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Just-Lisa-Now-

Intuit Community Champion

Is he in a combat zone? why are his military wages not taxable?

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sjrcpa

Level 15

Is he a resident of a different state for military purposes?

The more I know the more I don’t know.

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James CavalarisAuthor

Level 3

No. That is not the issue. His w2 is fine showing no state taxable wages. The problem is this flows to the state return and the wants it there to match. I don’t know how to tell the state notvtaxable

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rcooley25

Level 7

When you are entering the w2 information while doing the state information show state as alabama and zero for wages. That should take care of the problem,

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James CavalarisAuthor

Level 3

Are you saying when I enter the W 2 in the federal return there is nothing to fill out for the state as there is nothing for wages. You want me to enter state of Alabama?

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rcooley25

Level 7

Yes that is what I am saying. You might have to file by mail rather than E filing because I know that with intuit the federal wages and state wages have to equal or it says there is an error on the return which provents you from being able to E. File,

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