Thank you PODW4444 for figuring out when it worked; it was driving me nuts if it was random luck or whatever programming glitch...   I only do about 15 returns; one of course is mine.  I live in NJ but work in NY so my property tax deduction always came through nicely from just the federal input.  Most of my clients do both live and work in NJ (so only have 1 state) so it was not coming through; interesting, but yes still a pain in the ***.