@SteamTrain I understand where you are coming from....
When a taxpayer begins a new tax return and imports the data from last year, the VERY FIRST screen after the import, TT asks to verify name, SSN, birthdate, state of residency and whether you lived in another state this year.... if the OP indicated MA, and the fact that the W-2 had MA as the State designation in Box 15, I am at a loss how the software would have created a MD tax return.
A few screens later TT asks if you lived in one state and worked in another; if the OP answered "yes" instead of "no" this could have created a MD tcax return. It's a very clear question - the OP lived in one state and worked in that same state.
Unfortunately, this is a user error and the risk of DIY software.
