AmyC
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State tax filing

The MA state program asks you to input all the income not earned in MA which is opposite of most states. Follow these steps:

  1. Please go back and select MA state to edit.
  2. Go through your MA return until you reach You've Finished Your Massachusetts Return
  3. Locate Adjustment
  4. Select edit/ update/ review
  5. Continue through to How Massachusetts Handles Income for Part-Year residents
  6. Continue
  7. Verify that all wages are entered here, all income from everywhere
  8. Continue
  9. Non- Massachusetts income, verify this is the total of all income earned minus your MA income.
  10. Continue
  11. Income earned while Not a Resident - whatever income you had the other 11 months of the year
  12. Continue
  13. Make any adjustments to interest and dividends, etc.
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