TeresaM
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State tax filing

Yes, if your federal is ready to file, you can file it now and then file the state return later, after those forms are available. There have been a lot of tax changes and the IRS and the state tax departments are still updating some forms. This is common early in the filing season.
When you go through Review, in TurboTax, it should tell you which forms are not ready. However, looking at the Massachusetts list, the main resident form, Form 1, is on the list for February 3rd, so if you are a resident, that one will definitely be required.

 

You can go ahead and pay now for your state software, then there will not be a charge when you come back to file the state return. 
Or you can simply delete the state return, file the federal, and then come back to re-enter the state return when the forms are ready and pay just for the state software at that time. Most of the state return entries are pulled from the federal return, so it is easy to recreate.

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