I already pay tax pros both a CPA and a tax attorney.  But I have no confidence in their answer to this question so I am looking for additional opinions without having to pay for more unreliable information.

The TurboTax help site is useless to get an answer to this question, and so is the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance which responds with "you'll have to ask a CPA."

What a racket you guys have!

When the average citizen can't even figure out how much their tax liability is without having to pay someone else to do it and even then can't rely on the advice they paid for the entire tax system has to be scrapped.

And for your information, I regularly and enthusiastically offer my professional advice to people at no charge.  It's called courtesy and public service.

Thank you for nothing.