@tompass1
1) Not all states forms have an easily accessible "Other" additions in order to do that. They all have particular lines in their forms where tax-exempt interest from other states is supposed to show up, and the state computers, and personnel, expect those add-back $$ to show up in those designated lines. (A few states even start everything from scratch, and don't use the Fed AGI as the starting point).
2) Bypassing the software interview ends up placing the addition in a place that the state does not expect to see that type of addition to income. Doing it as you suggest invites a manual review of your tax return, and perhaps other questions, or even an actual audit that you could otherwise have avoided had you done it properly.
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3) To anyone else, the original Question here is several years old (it refers to box 10 on a 1099-DIV.....which became box 11 for 2018 taxes). The transfer of old Q's to this new platform lost not only dates of the original Q's, but also many pictures being referenced in the old questions (Pics are "supposed" to be restored someday )
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
