efile just the state return

[schirallicpa]

I have had 2 Taxpayers come in this year asking me to prepare and efile their NYS return after they used intuit or some other software and did their own 1040 but then got confused or didn't know how to do the NYS.  I tried to efile the state but I got an error that the IRS manifest number or something like that had to be present in order to efile the NYS.  Is there a way around this?  I swear I had done this in past years without an issue.

 

[Possi]

The only way for me to e-file a state is to e-file the federal. The state piggy backs on the federal. 

 

[Lee B]

If it's a "piggyback state" then no, otherwise yes.

[Lee B]

5 hours ago, cbslee said:

If it's a "piggyback state" then no, otherwise yes.

In Oregon I can efile state returns by themselves plus efile amended Oregon personal tax returns.

[Abby Normal]

I efiled a MD only because fed had to be paper filed (due to being filed late with a deceased dependent). There's a box at the top of the MD EF Info form to 'disconnect' from the fed MeFile.

[Gail in Virginia]

VA accepts stand alone e-files. I usually file them together but don't have to.

[Lion EA]

I've filed CT and IL w/o Federal. I know I've filed other states alone, also. For instance, for a MFJ federal but two MFS for the state(s), you have to file the federal without the state and then file each state without the federal, right?