... an as a follow-up to the initial post/question in this thread
"So I assume State of Massachusetts is NOT taxing me on US bond interest, so why am I suppose to determine if there is any amount that they would not tax me on and include that in the input screen? "
Yes, MA doesn't tax any US bond interest reported on a 1099-INT, The TTax question here says: "A portion of these dividends is U.S. Government interest", so we're dealing here with the 1099-DIV that reports total dividends distributed by the RIC of which some portion may be from US gov interest.
